[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: vatlhvI'

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon word:   vatlhvI'
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition:     percent

Used in canon once:

  cha'maH vagh vatlhvI' Hong, QIt yIghoS 
  Slow to one quarter impulse power. ST5

Etymological speculation:

{vatlh} "hundred" + {vI'} "decimal point" ?

Note that {vI'} shows up in several non-number related nouns - {chetvI'} "*chetvi* [spear-throwing device], torpedo tube", {DIvI'}  "federation, organization", {ghevI'} "sauce for qagh") - as well as the verb {vI'} "accumulate".


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Ca'Non Master of the Klingons