[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: qoch'uq
Steven Boozer
sboozer at uchicago.edu
Fri Apr 9 08:33:07 PDT 2021
Klingon word: qoch'uq
Part of speech: noun
Definition: rubber
Source: qep'a' 26 [2019]
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(qep’a’ 2019): “The gummy material”
(qepHom 2015): A stamp (rubber stamp, a tool/device, not postage stamp) is a {toqwIn}. To use a stamp, you ink it up and then you {Dut} it ("slam [it] down"). The word for ink is {rItlh}, and the ink pad is called {rItlh 'echlet} ... To ink up a rubber stamp is to {laS} it.
PUN:
" *Caoutchouc* is rubber which hasn't been vulcanized.” (De’vID)
SEE ALSO:
QujmeH moQ ball (n) (TNK)
‘et bounce, rebound, ricochet (v)
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Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
Please contribute relevant vocabulary from the last year or two. I’ve fallen
behind in updating my files and adding cross-references for related words.
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