[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: QongDaq 'echlet tun
Lieven
levinius at gmx.de
Thu Mar 23 13:38:30 PDT 2017
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)
--
Lieven L. Litaer
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