[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: pIpyuS

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Klingon word: pIpyuS
Part of speech: noun
Definition: pipius
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pIpyuS pach yISop 
Eat the pipius claw! (CK)

pIpyuS pach HochDIch DaSoppu' 
You've eaten the last pipius claw (sic) (KGT)

pIpyuS yIghor 
Break a pipius! (TKW) 
(TKW 185):  a command to tell someone, often a child, to get started on or to devote more effort to a project.

pIpyuS pach DaSop DaneHchugh pIpyuS puS DaghornIS 
If you want to eat pipius claw, you'll have to break a few pipiuses. (TKW) 
(TKW 185):  This proverb, however is really not about food.  It supports the Klingon virtues of conquering that which is desired and of taking action -- breaking a few pipiuses.

CULINARY NOTES:
(TKW 285):  As with Klingon food in general, it is not cooked, but neither is a live or just-killed pipius simply thrown in front of the diner.  The details of preparing pipius claw are not well understood, as Klingon chefs are notoriously protective of their recipes.  It is believed that the pipius is torn apart and the various pieces are soaked in (or perhaps basted with) some kind of fluid of animal origin that adds flavor and chemically alters the texture of the pipius.

(KGT 94):  {pIpyuS pach} ("pipius claw") is always prepared the same way; it would be peculiar to hear {pIpyuS pach HaHlu'pu'bogh} ("pipius claw that has been marinated"; "marinated pipius claw), since such phrasing would be redundant ... If a dish with a standard preparation technique (a {nay' motlh}, "usual dish") is being offered, asking how it is to be prepared is a demonstration of cultural ignorance.

TREK NOTES:
First seen in TNG "A Matter of Honor".

SEE ALSO:
targhoroj 	crab (n)
DuHSum 	lobster (n)
reqwer 		shrimp (n)

pach 		claw (n)
nagh DIr 	shell of animal (n)

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons