[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: Somraw

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: 	Somraw
Part of speech: 	noun
Definition: 	muscle
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toH, SomrawDu' Dunqu'!
Oh, what wonderful muscles! (ST5 DVD, extra "making of" feature)

SomrawDu'Daj teb qajunpaQ 
His muscles filled with rage (PB)

Listed as a "commonly eaten part" of animals (KGT 88)

TREK NOTES:
The *Somraw* was a Raptor-class Klingon scoutship with a crew of 12 rescued from the atmosphere of a gas giant by the Enterprise in 2151. This is not the same as a Bird of Prey, which were also referred to in the episode. (ENT "Sleeping Targs")

The name *Somraw* may come from another Klingon dialect than the one we study.  (Apparently 22nd century Klingon has "eighty polyguttural dialects constructed on an adaptive syntax" [ENT “Broken Bow”], Hoshi only updated the Enterprise's universal translator database with seven of them [ENT “Augments”].)  Hoshi said that the engine room was called the "reactor pit"; that *quee nagah* means "impulse drive"; that pressure was falling in the *j'khat bah*, the "fusion manifold"; and that *ka'tahl* can mean wall, barrier or hull. 

SEE ALSO:
Hom  		bone (n)
HomHap tun 	cartilage (n)
melchoQ 	bone marrow (n)
nobmeD 	skeleton (n)
to'waQ 		ligament, tendon (n)

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Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
    Please contribute relevant vocabulary or notes from the last 
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