[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: DeS

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: DeS
Part of speech: noun
Definition: two shorter sides of right-angled triangle, cathetus
Source: qepHom 2024
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(qepHom 2024):  Use {DeS Hop} for opposite side and {DeS Sum} for adjacent side

SEE:
DeS		arm (n)
Hop		be remote, far (v)
Sum		be near, nearby (v)

Dop		side (n)
tajvaj  		angle; corner of a room (n)
ra'Duch  	triangle (n) (qepHom 2014)
   ra'Duch quv  	    isosceles triangle [having two sides of equal length] 
   ra'Duch puj   	    scalene triangle [having sides of unequal length]
   ra'Duch tIQ   	    equilateral triangle [having all its sides the same length]
   ra'Duch tut    	    prism (three-sided base)

leD  		be perpendicular, be at a right angle (v)
  - (De'vId, 11/16/2014):  The word {leD} is also used to indicate a right angle: {tajvaj leD}. 

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