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

Gaerfindel gaerfindel at hotmail.com
Tue Jul 9 10:39:09 PDT 2013


On 7/9/2013 10:33 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:
>> Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, July 09, 2013
>>
>> Klingon word: patat 'oQqarmey
>> Part of speech: noun
>> Definition: potatoes
>> Source: TalkNow - Learn Klingon!, revealed 30 September 2011
> Never used in a sentence AFAIK.
>
> Related words:
>
> tlhagh patat 'oQqar naQHommey 	fries (n) (TNK)
> mIQ 						deep-fry (v)
>
>
> Other types of {'oQqar} "root, tuber" include:
>
> 'anyan 'oQqar 	onion (TNK)
> qe'rot 'oQqar 	carrot (TNK)
> gharlIq 'oQqar	garlic (TNK)
>
Given each type of {'oQqar} has a unique name, might it be permissible 
-- in a form of "clipped Klingon" -- to simply say {'anyan, qe'rot, 
gharlIq je}?

~quljIb



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