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

De'vID jonpIn de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com
Mon Feb 6 15:26:33 PST 2012


loghaD:
> Don't think this one reached the list, but I saw it on Twitter.
>
> It seems safe to assume that like butlh ("dirt under the fingernails"),
this is something that one can ghaj: quHvaj vIghajmo' pe'vIl jIbwIj
vISay'nISmoH.

maj.

loghaD:
> I figure quHvaj would refer to a whole collection of dandruff, making
quHvajmey "dandruff scattered all about".

chaq rurchuq {quHvaj}, {Duran lung DIr} je.  not {Duran lung DIr} tlha'laH
{-mey}, {-Du'} ghap.  rurchuqchugh, pabbe' {quHvajmey} 'ej Hat.

loghaD:
> mIvwIj vItuQmoHHa'DI'* pa'Daq Dat quHvajmey lutu'lu'.
> Anybody disagree?
>
> *I believe this is the canonical way of putting it, although one could
certainly make the argument that it should be classed as an error.
tuQHa'[choH] would make a lot more sense.

qatlh (*)'e' DaHar?  {tuQmoHHa'} lo'bogh ghantoH chovnatlh wIghaj'a'?
{mIvwIj vItuQHa'choH} 'e' vImaS.

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