[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: netlh'uy'

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, November 21, 2024

Klingon word: netlh'uy'
Part of speech: number
Definition: 10 billion
Source: qep'a' 27 [2020]
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AFAIK not used in a sentence.

Note: {mahSaghan} is a synonym.

(https://klingon.wiki/En/NewWordsQepa27) :
Any 1-9 digit, of course, can appear in the wa' slot:
(wa')maH'uy' or (wa')vatlhbIp 		10 million 		10,000,000
(wa')vatlh'uy' or (wa')SaDbIp or (wa')SanIDbIp 	100 million 	100,000,000
(wa')maHSaghan or (wa')netlh'uy' 	10 billion 		10,000,000,000
(wa')vatlhSaghan or (wa')bIp'uy' 	100 billion 		100,000,000,000
(wa')SaDSaghan or (wa')SanIDSaghan 	1 trillion 		1,000,000,000,000

SEE:
netlh  	ten thousand (bound number morpheme)
'uy'  	million (bound number morpheme)

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Voragh
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