[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ghav 'uSqan

[qurgh lungqIj]

Steel is an alloy of iron and other elements, primarily carbon. Wikipedia
says that the carbon can make up to 2.1% of the total weight of the steel.

qurgh

On Apr 25, 2017 10:07 AM, "Terrence Donnelly" <
terrence.donnelly at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> This one confuses me, because I thought steel was iron from which most of
> the carbon has been removed.
>
> ter'eS
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> *From:* Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu>
> *To:* "tlhingan-hol at kli.org" <tlhingan-hol at kli.org>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 25, 2017 8:43 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ghav 'uSqan
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> > Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, April 22, 2017
> >
> > Klingon word: ghav 'uSqan
> > Part of speech: noun
> > Definition: steel
> > Source: qepHom 2016
>
> lit. "carbon iron"
>
> ghav      carbon (n) (qepHom 2015)
> 'uSqan      iron (element) (n) (qepHom 2015)
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