[Tlhingan-hol] TKD surprises

[Steven Boozer]

Voragh:
>>KGT 93f.:  It is also not unusual to {HaH} (marinate) or {roghmoH} (ferment) >>various sorts of {naH} (fruit, vegetable). One common dish is a torpedo->>shaped fruit called {peb'ot}, which is soaked in a {chanDoq} (marinade). The >>fully marinated {peb'ot} is called a {Hurgh}.
>>
>> In my notes I have it listed as:
>>
>>   {Hurgh}   pickle (cucumber) (n.) KGT
>>
>> Is this the listing in the KGT glossary?  (I don't have it with me.)

Klingonteacher wrote:
> Actually, this is the exact entry of TKD, not KGT.

Duly noted.  I must have assumed it was from KGT because of the quote.

I'm always surprised at the unexpected vocabulary in TKD:  e.g. {nIvnav} pajamas, {mavjop} paper clip, {quHvaj} dandruff, {ngav} writer's cramp, {ghItlh} manuscript.

  ghItlh vIghItlhta'bogh DalaD'a' 
  Will you read my manuscript?  TKD

... presumably referring to the manuscript of TKD Okrand was working on. <g>

Anyone have any others?



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Voragh
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