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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, February 14, 2013
> 
> Klingon word: chevwI' tlhoy'
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: territorial wall (e.g. Berlin Wall)

Source:  startrek.klingon (12/7/1998):   

The wall around a city is a {yergho}, which is apparently derived from {yer} "domain, holdings, territory" plus {gho} "circle." A wall which divides a territory into parts (such as the Berlin Wall) is also called a {tlhoy'}, even though neither side of it is the interior of a structure.  On occasion, for clarity, such a wall is termed a {chevwI' tlhoy'} "separator wall") or a {pIn tlhoy'}, literally "boss wall," presumably dating back to a time when each subterritory had a specific person in charge." 


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons