[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: voDchuch
Steven Boozer
sboozer at uchicago.edu
Thu May 6 08:30:17 PDT 2021
Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, May 06, 2021
Klingon word: voDchuch
Part of speech: noun
Definition: spiderlike bug
Source: qepHom 2018
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(Lieven, qepHom 2018): This is a pretty large spider-like thing. It has nine legs usually but sometimes seven or eight – never fewer than seven unless the bug has been injured. A big spider on Earth would be a {tera' voDchuch}, but a small spider would not be a {voDchuch}.
(Lieven < MO, 12/02/2018): {voDchuch} is not a general word for spiders, it's a specific Klingon animal that somehow resembles a spider. It's a very big animal about the size of a hand. When talking about the Terran version of the animal, one can add (as usual) {tera'} to it. If it's a small version of it, then it's okay to say {voDchuchHom} or {tera' voDchuchHom} "small Earth version of the animal that looks like a spider".
PUN:
"{voD} is bore, {chuch} is ice, thus "bore-ice" or Boris: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_the_Spider ." (De'vID, 1/29/2019)
SEE ALSO:
ghIlo'meH *glommer*, a large red multi-legged spiderish-looking tribble
predator (n) [cf. TAS "More Tribbles, More Troubles"]
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Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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