[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: SenDeq

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, October 06, 2024

Klingon word: SenDeq
Part of speech: noun
Definition: twin
Source: qep'a' 30 [2023]
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(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.

PUN:
 "It has to be {SenDeq} for the 'coincidence' to work. (Think baseball.)" (De'vID 8/18/23;  Minnesota Twins??)

SEE:
chang'eng 		pair (n)

SEE ALSO:
puq  			child,  offspring (n)
ghu 			baby (n)
ghubDaQ 		first-born child (n)
'alghuQ 		bastard, illegitimate child (n)
HojnIy 			teen, teenager, adolescent, youth, young adult (n)

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