[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: Hut'In
Steven Boozer
sboozer at uchicago.edu
Wed Dec 18 08:12:57 PST 2024
Klingon word: Hut'In
Part of speech: noun
Definition: nail
Source: Qov Email 13 august 2012
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(Qov < Okrand, 8/13/2012): The word for screw is {Hut'In vIl}, which is, of course, a ridgy {Hut'In}. Turns out {Hut'In} is the word for nail. Maltz also volunteered that the word for spike is {wIl}.
PUN:
Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock music project, founded in 1988.
SEE:
Hut'In vIl screw (n)
Hut'Inmey tIq [weaving sticks, knitting needles, etc.] (n)
SEE ALSO:
mupwI' hammer (n)
"To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail." (Mark Twain)
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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