[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: neHjej

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, November 16, 2020

Klingon word: 	neHjej
Part of speech: 	noun
Definition: 	thistle
Source: 	KGT  [Addendum]
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N.B. spelled {naHjej} in the text:

(KGT p.88):  a thistle (a flower with dangerously sharp leaves) is a {naHjej} (literally, "sharp fruit")

SEE:
naH  		fruit, vegetable (n)
naH jajmey  	vegetable days, fruit days (n)
naH taj  	vegetable knife, fruit knife (n)
naHlet  		nut, nuts (n)
naHnagh  	[fruit] pit (n)

SEE ALSO:
naH  		be hostile, malicious, unfriendly, antagonistic (v)
jej  		be sharp (v)
naQjej  		spear (n)

For thorn, try {DuQwI'Hom} "(small) spike"?  (Cf. {ro'Sa'} "rose (a Terran flower)").

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons