[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: tlhan
Steven Boozer
sboozer at uchicago.edu
Tue Dec 5 08:43:54 PST 2023
Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, December 02, 2023
Klingon word: tlhan
Part of speech: verb
Definition: dig
Source: qep'a' 25 [2018]
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(qep'a' 2018): the object is dirt or soil or a field or a road, for example, not “hole”
(qepHom 2019): use {ghaw} when the object is the resulting hole; use {tlhan} when the object is the material being removed
SEE ALSO:
ghaw excavate, dig (a hole, trench, ditch, etc.) (v)
molHa’ dig up (like a bone or a fossil) (v)
tlhIl mine (v)
ghevjur shovel (n)
Daqrab well (n)
tlhIlHal mine (n)
The First Rule of Holes: "When you find yourself in a hole — stop digging."
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Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
Please contribute relevant vocabulary from recent qep’a’mey
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