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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: chor bargh

Steven Boozer ([email protected])



> Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, November 22, 2011
> 
> Klingon word:   chor bargh
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition:     ceramic flat-bottomed pot (regional)

Never used in a sentence.


Cultural notes:

KGT 97:  The general term for a pot is {'un}. Pots that may be put on top of a fire in order to heat their contents are made of metal ({baS}); others may be made of either metal or ceramic material ({nagh} [literally, "stone"]). A {bargh} is probably the most frequently used pot. It is rather large and has a flattened bottom.

KGT 27:  For example, while a large, flat-bottomed pot usually called a {bargh}, in some regions it is a {vutmeH 'un} ("pot for preparing [food]"), sometimes shortened to simply {vut'un}.

KGT 27-28:  In some regions, a {bargh} made of metal is a {mIv} (which also means "helmet", even though, historically speaking, helmets are not necessarily made of metal), or a {mIv bargh} ("helmet pot"), while a ceramic {bargh} is called a {chor} (literally, "belly") or {chor bargh} ("belly pot").


Related nouns:

{nevDagh}   "type of pot with handles"


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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