[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: waqboch

Steven Boozer sboozer at uchicago.edu
Wed Sep 1 08:27:38 PDT 2021


Klingon word: 	waqboch
Part of speech: 	noun
Definition: 	a bird with a very long beak
Source: 	HQ (10:4 p5)
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AFAIK never used in a sentence.

PUN: 
{waq} "shoe" + {boch} "shine" :  the long-beaked kiwi bird has given his name to Kiwi, a popular brand of shoe polish

SEE ALSO:
bo’Degh 	bird [general word] (n)
neb 		beak, bill (n)
tIq  		be long, lengthy, extended (of an object) (v)
wom 		peck (v)

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Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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    behind in updating my files and adding cross-references for related words.  




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