[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: mIjDang (noun)

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: mIjDang
Part of speech: noun
Definition: fin, flipper
Source: qep'a' 28 [2021]
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AFAIK not used in a sentence.

SEE:
rewve' mIjDang 		fan, handheld fan (n)
SuS mIjDang 		fan, handheld fan (n)
joqmoH 		wave a fan [or anything else] (v)

bIQDep 		fish, sea creature (n)
ghotI' 			fish (n)
nIwqen 			gill (n)
Qal  			swim (v)

(Lieven, 11/01/2015):  Marc told me [at qepHom 2015] the following, said with my own words:  First, a {ghotI'} is a true fish, the animal that children would draw if they hear the word "fish".  A {bIQDep} covers most animals that live in the sea.  Marc gave as possible examples "dolphins, whales, fish, octopus" but he said it's not used for shrimps or even smaller animals like water bugs.  When asked for a seal, he said that a seal or a sealion does not really live IN the water, so that's probably not a {bIQDep}.  Every {ghotI'} is a {bIQDep}, but not every {bIQDep} is a {ghotI'}.

 "That is a *fish* you are holding!!"  [a shocked Worf to Riker, TNG "The Icarus Factor"]


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons