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

[Steven Boozer]

Refresh my memory:  What animal goes welwelwel ?  (I’ve fallen shamefully behind on updating my notes with all the new vocabulary!)

--Voragh

From: Michael Roney, Jr.

On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Klingon Word of the Day <kwotd at wizage.net<mailto:kwotd at wizage.net>> wrote:
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, October 13, 2017
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> Klingon word: 'Imyagh
> Part of speech: excl
> Definition: sound made by a vIghro' or ghISnar
> Source: qep'a' 24 [2017]

Relevant notes:

On Jul 29, 2017 7:33 PM, "Michael Roney, Jr." <nahqun at gmail.com<mailto:nahqun at gmail.com>> wrote:
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On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 8:14 PM, qurgh lungqIj <qurgh at wizage.net<mailto:qurgh at wizage.net>> wrote:
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> On Jul 29, 2017 6:49 PM, "Jeremy Silver" <jp.silver at tiscali.co.uk<mailto:jp.silver at tiscali.co.uk>> wrote:
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> Are {welwelwel} and {'Imyagh} nouns or verbs?
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> They are sounds made by animals like "meow".
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> qurgh

The cat said, "meow".
Marc said yes.

The cat meowed as I walked by.
Marc said no.

He said these are words that described the sounds that the animals make. They are pretty much onomatopoeias of the animals noises.


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Are we sure "excl" is the correct part of speech?

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~Michael Roney, Jr.
Freelance Translator
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