[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: DaSpu'

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, June 30, 2016
> 
> Klingon word: DaSpu'
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: boot spike

(KGT 58):  On the toe of each high boot ({DaS}), likewise made of animal hide ({DIr}), was a clawlike spike called a {pu'}. The word {pu'} now means {phaser}, and the newer meaning probably developed from the older spike because of the lightning speed with which one delivered a blow with the sharp {pu'}. In contemporary Klingon, the spike on the toe of a boot is always called a {DaSpu'} (boot spike), never {pu'} alone.

Worf had a large bump on the top of each foot near the little toe (TNG "Ethics").  Was the {DaSpu'} originally to protect this part of the foot?

SEE ALSO:
DuQwI' 		spike (n)
pach  		claw, talon (n)

DaS  			boot (n)
waq 			shoe (n)
paSlogh 		socks (n)
va'nuch 		heel (n)

jej  			be sharp (v)


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