[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon gestures (was Re: New word from MO: {jIr} (excl) "Big deal!")

[Steven Boozer]

I found another:

KGT 89:  in the case of the naHlet yub (nut shell). Klingons typically gnaw (choptaH--literally, continue biting) on the nut until it cracks open, and then they spit out (tlhIS) the pieces of shell (occasionally at a nearby diner, as a gesture of sociability) before chewing and swallowing the rest.


It would be nice, especially after reading through that list on Wikademia.

We do have a few though:

Hitting someone with the back of your hand challenges them to a fight to the death.
Pointing your pinky at someone is calling them old.
Pointing your second toe at someone is claiming that they are weak.
Saluting
Crossing one's arms over one's chest. We've seen this both during the discommendation ceremony, and later as a stand alone insult.

Have I missed any?


~naHQun

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~Michael Roney, Jr.
Freelance Translator
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