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

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: 'Imyagh
Part of speech: excl
Definition: sound made by a vIghro' or ghISnar
Source: qep'a' 24 [2017]
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(qep'a' 2017):  This is an imitative word and there are variations.  And not everyone uses it in the first place.

(qurgh, 7/29/2017):  The cat said, "meow".  Marc said yes.  The cat meowed as I walked by. Marc said no. 
[Okrand] said these are words that described the sounds that the animals make.  They are pretty much onomatopoeias of the animals' noises.

CULTURAL NOTES:
When Klingon women are ready to mate they slink around like a "Hellenian lynx" while making low growling sounds like a {chemvaH} in heat. (PK) 

Is a {chemvaH} a type of feline like a lynx -- Hellenian or otherwise?

SEE ALSO:
ghugh 		vocalize [by animals] (v)
Huy 		hum, purr (v)

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons