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Re: Klingon WOTD: nga'chuq (verb)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])



>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Tuesday, June 3, 2008.
>
>Klingon word:   nga'chuq
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition:     sex (i.e., perform sex; always subject)
>
>Additional Notes:
> From {veS Qo'noS}, listed in HolQeD 1:3 p9.  Note: it is unclear about 
> what part of speech this may be, though it is probably a verb and "always 
> subject" probably refers to the concept that all involved parties 
> collectively make the subject of this verb.

Never used in canon.

>Synonyms: ngagh

As used in canon:

   targhlIj yIngagh!  yIruch!
   Go mate with your targ! PK (punctuation uncertain)

   yIH ngaghwI'
   one who mates with a tribble, tribble mater-wither (st.k 7/98)

See also {Sep} "breed" and {yatlh} "be pregnant".

Cultural notes:

When Klingon women are ready to mate they slink around like a "Hellenian 
lynx" while making low growling sounds like a {chemvaH} in heat. (PK)

Klingon males initiate courtship by biting the female. (VGR "Someone to 
Watch Over Me")

TKW 17:  Poetry plays a prominent role in Klingon mating behavior. The 
female typically roars, throws heavy objects, and claws at her partner. The 
male reads love poetry and, as Worf put it, "ducks a lot."




--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons






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