[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: notron
Steven Boozer
sboozer at uchicago.edu
Tue Aug 9 08:35:25 PDT 2022
Klingon word: notron
Part of speech: noun
Definition: curtain, drape
Source: January 2020 email to DeSDu'
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(MO to DeSdu’, 1/28/2020): {notron} is curtain, drape, but it can also be used for things like a door or gate that opens and closes vertically, like a portcullis.
(qep’a’ 2019): [{weSjech} "fabric, cloth, textile"] can be used for textiles or fabric in clothing, sheets, towels, and so on, but generally not for carpets or rugs (except for thin ones). ... [For that use] {paSrIq} fabric used in carpets and rugs [not for clothing]
PUN: “A main character in Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot novel 'Curtain' is named Stephen Norton.” (niqolay Q, 1/29/2020)
SEE:
bIQ notron waterfall (n)
SEE ALSO:
tlhIm carpet, rug, wall hanging, blanket (n)
lojmit door (n)
Qorwagh window (n)
HuS hang (v)
tlhep be suspended, dangling (v)
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Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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