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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, June 11, 2014
> 
> Klingon word: Hom
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: bone

  Hom Hutlhbogh ghab 
  {ghab} that lacks bone. KGT

Bone is a food item (KGT 88).

KGT 7:  Wind instruments (there is no overall term for them) range from the simple flute or fife ({Dov'agh}), generally crafted from a bone

KGT 95:  A popular effervescent drink, black in color, is called {'awje'} ... it is made from, among other things, the marrow ({melchoQ}) taken from the bones of a *teghbat* ({teg'bat}).


Useful words:

qal'aq 		framework, supporting structure, skeleton (n)
joQ 			rib (n)

melchoQ 		bone marrow(n)
to'waQ 		ligament, tendon (n)
Somraw 		muscle (n)

petqaD 		bone-mender (medical device) (n)



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