[Tlhingan-hol] boqrat

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On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Lieven <levinius at gmx.de> wrote:
> Today I stumbled over an article in memory alpha about an animal, which I
> always thought it was a klingon one: {boqrat} Since it looks so much
> "Klingon", I had never thought of the idea that it might be a rat! A
> "bok-rat". I'm a little confused, because if that is true, it makes it look
> like when when the Klingon word was created, the creator did not thinkt
> about the fact that this might be a "rat"... And next, does {rat} mean
> "rat"? I doubt it and would like to think about it as the "bokrat", which is
> NOT a rat... (??)
>
> FYI:
> the word is listed in KGT, and also in the glossary to Diplomatic
> Implausability.
>
> Does anyone have more information?

tlhIngan Hol mu' 'oH {boqrat}'e'. DIvI' Hol mu' 'oHbe'. "rat" ngaSlaw'
neH. mu'mey mISmoH neH tera'nganpu' Dogh.

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