[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ngov

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, September 19, 2021

Klingon word: 	ngov
Part of speech: 	verb
Definition: 	slither, wriggle, squirm, writhe
Source: 	qep'a' 28  [2021]
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ghIS 		wriggle, squirm (v) (qep'a' 2017)
  -   "a word you might use when describing a bowl full of qagh" (qep'a' 2017, p.4)
‘eD 		crawl (v) (qep'a' 2018) 

vIH 		move, be in motion (v)
vaD 		be flexible (v)
nogh 		writhe (v)
SIH 		bend (v)

ghargh 		serpent, worm (n)
'Iwghargh  	bloodworm [e.g. Regulan] (n) 
wam 		type of  serpent/snake (n) (DeCandido, KRAD)  
Humlaw’	[transcription wanting] (n) [source?]
  - "like a {ghargh}, but with lots of wiggly legs" (Lieven, qepHom 2018)
'angwIl		*Kos'Karii* (n. sg.)  (qep’a’ 2019) 
  - “Pale,  serpent-like creatures which inhabited the waters crossed by the Barge of
      the Dead on its way to Gre'thor … The plural form is {qoSqa'rIy}” (qep’a’ 2019)

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