tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Sep 12 11:29:42 2013
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: taqnar
<div dir="ltr">On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Alan Anderson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:[email protected]"; target="_blank">[email protected]</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 10:01 AM, qurgh lungqIj <<a href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br>
> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, September 12, 2013<br>
><br>
> Klingon word: taqnar<br>
> Part of speech: noun<br>
> Definition: taknar gizzards<br>
> Source: IKS Gorkon trilogy: Book One: A Good Day to Die<br>
<br>
</div>Even if we accept it (it was neither written by nor "approved by" Marc<br>
Okrand), I'm pretty sure the word refers to the animal itself, not to<br>
the body parts (or the dish prepared from them).<br>
<br>
-- ghunchu'wI'<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>You are probably right. This was one of the few words sent to me by another Klingon speaker. Since I don't have a copy of the book I had no way to look up the context or to verify it. I'll update it to "Taknar (Animal)".</div>
<div><br></div><div>qurgh</div><div><br><br><br><br></div></div></div></div>
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