tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jul 26 07:02:49 2013
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: moQ
> Klingon word: moQ
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: spiked pommel of a *d'k tahg* knife
> Source: TKD
KGT 61: at the end of the knife's handle ({ret'aq}) there is a spiked pommel, called simply {moQ} ("sphere").
moQDaq DuQwI'Hommey jej tu'lu'
A brutally spiked pommel fastens the hilt together. (SP2)
{moQ} "sphere" also shows up in:
pach moQ High Court gavel (MKE)
wovmoHwI' moQ light bulb (TNK)
QujmeH moQ ball (TNK)
If a sphere is hollow one might call it a {pel'aQ} "shell (of an egg)". (I'm told that a variation of the Dyson sphere is called a Dyson shell.) Come to think of it, {pel'aQ} might also do for bubble, as in "warp (field) bubble" - *{pIvchem pel'aQ}.
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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