[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: tennuSnal

Steven Boozer sboozer at uchicago.edu
Tue Oct 25 07:13:03 PDT 2011


> Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, October 25, 2011
> 
> Klingon word: tennuSnal
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: uncle, father's sister's husband

Source: HQ 9.3:8

Never used in canon.

Cf. {tennuS} "uncle (father's brother).
PUN: Uncle Tenus ("teh-NOOSE") on the "Danny Thomas Show".

Cf. also {'IrneH} "uncle (mother's brother)" and {'IrneHnal} "uncle (mother's sister's husband)".

Confused?  See naHQun's helpful chart of family relationships at: http://www.angelfire.com/tx4/purpleelaphants/tlhInganHol/qorDuSor.html 


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Voragh
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