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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, May 12, 2016
> 
> Klingon word: 'uS
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: leg


  DeS 'uS je 
  an arm and a leg TKD

  DeS 'uS joq 
  an arm or a leg or both TKD

  DeS 'uS ghap 
  either an arm or a leg (but not both) TKD

  to'baj 'uS lughoDlu'bogh tIlaj 
  Accept these stuffed tobbaj legs! PK

  'uSDaj chop!  chev! 
  Bite his/her leg off! PK (clipped pet command)

  moratlh DaH bIHaw'laHtaHbe' puj 'uSDu'lIj 
  [translation not available] (PB, paq'yav, Canto 8)

{'uSoy} is a known {bang pong} (cf. KGT 201).

SEE ALSO:
'IvtIH 		hip (n)
qIv 			knee (n)
qam 			foot (n)
yaD 			toe (n)

DeS			arm (n)
ghIv 			limb (of a person) (n)
gham 			limb (of an animal) (n)
HajDob 		leg (served as food [archaic/upper class]) (n)

KGT 42:  the usual word for the leg of an animal, when prepared as food, is {gham} (limb), the same word used for the leg of the living animal. A leg served as food at a banquet in an upper-class household, however, is likely to be called a {HajDob}, an old word for limb. In another context, such as a meal with warriors in a ship's SopwI'pa' (mess hall), only the term {gham} will be heard. [...] Among the lower classes-except for those working as servants for the higher classes-words like {HajDob} and {tu'lum} [teacup] are known but seldom used...


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