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

[Gaerfindel]

On 6/6/2014 10:12 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:
>> Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, June 06, 2014
>>
>> Klingon word: butlh
>> Part of speech: noun
>> Definition: dirt under fingernails; symbolic equivalent of gall, an
>>              admirable trait to have
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> KGT 10f.:  For example, {qajunpaQ} (courage, audacity) comes from *kajunpakt*, a word used in this sense but literally meaning something like "glowing lava" or "fiery lava" in a language originally spoken on Krios. In Klingon, it implies courage of a rather surprising or unexpected kind, perhaps even recklessness, as opposed to {toDuj} (courage, bravery), which is more neutral. Some Klingon speakers preserve the original pronunciation, though most fall into the more usual Klingon phonetic pattern. Probably very few Klingons are even vaguely aware of the original connection of *kajunpakt* with lava, glowing or otherwise. The Klingon word for lava, {vaHbo'}, has nothing to do with *kajunpakt*.
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> --
> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

{qajumpaQ ghaj San'tara puqpu'.  bathl pIHHa'.}

~quljIb