tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 27 12:57:51 2011
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: poq
> Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, December 23, 2011
>
> Klingon word: poq
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: indigestion
Never used in canon.
Related words:
{pom} dysentery
{burgh} stomach
{chor} belly
{rop} be sick/ill
Medical notes:
HQ 12.4 p.8: When air (or gas) from the stomach works its way up and comes out of the mouth (often noisily), one is said to {ruq} "belch". [...] When, rather than gas, undigested or partially digested food comes up, one is said to {'em}, "vomit", and the matter being vomited, that is, vomit, is called {quy'Ip}. [...] (Maltz was quite amused when he realized that the Klingon word {rech} exhale sounded like the English word "retch" - that is, vomit - but he couldn't explain why he thought it was so funny.)
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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