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

Steven Boozer ([email protected])



> >> Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, July 23, 2013
> >>
> >> Klingon word: por
> >> Part of speech: noun
> >> Definition: leaf (of a plant)

Voragh:
>> KGT 88:  a thistle (a flower with dangerously sharp leaves) is a
>> {naHjej} (literally, "sharp fruit")

quljIb:
> So would the "leaf" of a succulent like a cactus or aloe plant be 
> called a {porjej} or {por jej}?

Rather than coin a non-canon word that you'd have to explain (before the inevitable complaint), I would go for the descriptive {por jej}.  Another useful word WRT to cacti is {DuQwI'}:

  moQDaq DuQwI'Hommey jej tu'lu' 
  A brutally spiked pommel fastens the hilt together. SP2

KGT 61:  A spike is a {DuQwI'} and the small spikes on the d'k tahg are usually called {DuQwI'Hommey} ("little spikes").


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons




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