[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: Sonme'

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, August 04, 2024

Klingon word: Sonme'
Part of speech: noun
Definition: set, group, party
Source: qep'a' 30 [2023]
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AFAIK not used in a sentence.

(qep'a' 2023 notes):  "Identical twins" are {SenDeqpu' ghuD}; non-identical twins are {SenDeqpu' tlhIn}. Groups made up of a specific number of members (whether people or otherwise) are referred to idiomatically by using {Sonme'} ("set, group, party") preceded by the number, so {wej Sonme'} is "group of three, party of three, trio, triplet," {loS Sonme'} is "quartet, quadruplet," and so on.  {cha' Sonme'} ("group of two, duo") could mean twins, but {SenDeqpu'} is far more common.

SEE ALSO:
ghom 			group (n)
chang'eng 		pair (n)

ghuD  			fellow-X, be in common, be co-X (v)
tlhIn  			be particular, individual (v)

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Voragh
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