[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)

--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons




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