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Klingon WOTD: na' (verb)

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This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Saturday, September 8, 2007.

Category: Stative Verbs

Klingon word:   na'
Part of Speech: verb 
Definition:     be salty, brackish (slang) 
Source: KGT (220 KE, 236 EK, 255 EK) 
Swedish: vara saltsmakande, vara bräckt


Additional Notes:
KGT p. 85.  Klingon food also frequently tastes {wIb} ("sour, butter") or {na'} ("salty, brackish").  The closest equivalent to "sweet" is probably {na'ran rur} ("resembles a [naran]," a fruit whose juice is sometimes added to sauces as a contrast to the other flavors.)  Interestingly, many human visitors seem to really enjoy the juice of the [naran] all by itself, particularly in the morning, though Klingons find this practice most peculiar.  Despite the general absence of sweet foods from their diet, Klingons tend to be quite enthusiastic about {yuch} ("chocolate"), at least in its purest forms.
   
Homonyms:
	na' (verb) - be sure, definite, positive, certain (slang)


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