[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: nev'ob

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, January 10, 2021

Klingon word: nev'ob
Part of speech: noun
Definition: thigh, upper arm
Source: Hamletmachine 
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mutlhej porgh 'ay'meywIj neH;  ngob'atDu'wIj, 'uS nev'obDu'wIj, qey'HavwIj. 
I am alone with my breasts, my thighs, my lap. (Lieven, Hamletmachine [2020])

'uS nev'obDu'wIj jojDaq qo' vIboghmoHbogh vIvIQmoH. 
I suffocate the world which I gave birth to, between my thighs. (Lieven, Hamletmachine [2020])

(Lieven, klingon.wiki/En/Hamletmachine):  {nev'ob} refers to both the thigh and the upper arm (above the elbow).  Similarly, {reStav} refers to both the shin and the forearm. If it's necessary to make a distinction, precede these words with {'uS} or {DeS}.  {reStav} refers to both the shin and the forearm. But when preceded by {'uS}, it means ‘lower part of the leg’. You could also say {DeS cha'neH} for forearm, but this would probably be used only in a context where you were talking about both the forearm and the lower leg and wanted to clarify which was which. {reStav} is shin, meaning the front of the lower leg. (I assume [the German word] *Schienbein* is ‘shin bone’.  {reStav} is more than just the bone. The only way Maltz was aware of for referring to the bone is {reStav Hom}.) {Do'ghI'} is calf, meaning the back of the lower leg ([the German word] *Wade*, presumably).

SEE:
'uS  		leg (n)
'IvtIH 		hip (n)
qIv 		knee (n)
Do’ghI’ 		calf (n)
reStav  		shin;  forearm (n)
qam 		foot (n)
yaD 		toe (n)

SEE ALSO
ghIv 		limb [of a person] (n)
DeS  		arm (n)
volchaH  	shoulder (n)
DeSqIv  		elbow (n)
cha'neH  	forearm (n)
gham  		limb (of an animal) (n)

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