[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: QongDaq 'echlet tun

[Lieven]

Am 23.03.2017 um 16:10 schrieb Steven Boozer:
>> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, March 23, 2017
>>
>> Klingon word: QongDaq 'echlet tun
>> Part of speech: noun
>> Definition: mattress
>> Source: qepHom 2016
>
> Lit. "soft bed board"

Related words:

{ngogh tun} "pillow"

Maltz first said that Klingons don't have pillows and he wondered why 
anyone would want one.  But he's seen them (somewhere) and knows what 
they are.  So when pushed -- "If you have to call it something, what 
would you call it?" -- he said {ngogh tun}.   (qepHom 2010)

{QongDaq buq} "pillow" or "sleeping bag"

He thought more about it and said maybe another way to say "pillow" was 
{QongDaq buq} "bed pouch," but he said that could also apply to a 
sleeping bag.  Perhaps a sleeping bag is {QongDaq buq'a'} and a pillow 
is {QongDaq buqHom}.  (qepHom 2010)


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