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

[qurgh lungqIj]

On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Alan Anderson <qunchuy at alcaco.net> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 10:01 AM, qurgh lungqIj <qurgh at wizage.net> wrote:
> > Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, September 12, 2013
> >
> > Klingon word: taqnar
> > Part of speech: noun
> > Definition: taknar gizzards
> > Source: IKS Gorkon trilogy: Book One: A Good Day to Die
>
> Even if we accept it (it was neither written by nor "approved by" Marc
> Okrand), I'm pretty sure the word refers to the animal itself, not to
> the body parts (or the dish prepared from them).
>
> -- ghunchu'wI'
>

You are probably right. This was one of the few words sent to me by another
Klingon speaker. Since I don't have a copy of the book I had no way to look
up the context or to verify it. I'll update it to "Taknar (Animal)".

qurgh
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