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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, February 27, 2015
> 
> Klingon word: qorghwI'
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: stopper, cork (for a bottle)
> Source: qepHom 2013

"So the cork is the 'thing which does close the hole (of the bottle)' ... {qorgh} is to "stop up, to fill a hole". You can stop up a hole, but not fill it in with dirt. That would be {teb}. {qorgh} is to stop up an opening somehow. It's like filling in, and not put stuff inside. So the word for the cork is a {qorghwI'}."  [MO interviewed by Lieven, 11/12/2013]

"The word for top is {yor} ... It is not the word used for lid or cover or cap (as in lid of a jar) or removable (and reusable) top of a box. The word for this kind of top or lid or cover is {yuvtlhe'}."  [IMO, HQ 8.3]

PUN: 
cork

SEE ALSO:
bal 		jug, jar, bottle (n)


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons