[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: toqwIn

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: 	toqwIn
Part of speech: 	noun
Definition: 	(rubber) stamp
Source: 	qepHom 2015 p.19
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toqwIn vIDut 
I slam down the stamp. (qepHom 2015)

Lieven L. Lietaer interviews Marc Okrand (10/29/2015):
   MO:  A stamp (rubber stamp, a tool/device, not postage stamp) is a {toqwIn}. To use a stamp, you ink it up and then you {Dut} it ("slam [it] down"). The word for ink is {rItlh}, and the ink pad is called {rItlh 'echlet}. The image that results from using a rubber stamp is {yang}.  
   LLL:   When you ink it up, do you simply {Dut} it into the {rItlh 'echlet}?
   MO:  Yes, but there is a way to say that you're applying ink. To "ink up" a rubber stamp is to {laS} it. This verb is also used to refer to putting paint on a {rItlh naQ}. Maltz said that there's a slang term for this action also: {pID}. 
   LLL:   Can the verb {Dut} "slam down" be used for other things, too? 
   MO:  Yes, like when you're angry, you "slam down" the phone. The verb {Dut} is not exclusive to the use of a stamp, right. 
   LLL:   So the stamp is the object of the verb {Dut}. The object is not the paper: {toqwIn vIDut}. I slam down the stamp. 

SEE:
Dut  		stress, emphasize (v) (qep’a’ 2020)
  - “literally ‘slam down’ ” (qep’a’ 2020)

SEE ALSO:
DIj  		use/paint with/draw with a pigment stick (v)
wev 		sketch, doodle, draw [quickly] (v)
ngoH 		paint using fingers (v)
nguvmoH 	dye, tint, stain (v)
ghItlh 		engrave, incise, mark (v)

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