[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: tun

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: tun
Part of speech: verb
Definition: be soft
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tun; reghuluS 'Iwghargh rur 
soft as a Regulan bloodworm  (KGT)

(Lieven < MO, 12/07/2010):  Maltz first said that Klingons don't have pillows and he wondered why anyone would want one. But he's seen them (somewhere) and knows what they are. So when pushed - "If you have to call it something, what would you call it?" - he said {ngogh tun}. 

SEE:
ghab tun 		boneless meat from midsection of animal (regional) (n)
HomHap tun 		cartilage (n)
ngogh tun 		pillow  (n)
QongDaq 'echlet tun 	mattress (n)
'atlhqam tun 		a type of mold  (n)

SEE ALSO:
let 			be hard (v)

TREK NOTES:
  When Captain K'Vada showed Picard to his temporary quarters aboard his Bird-of-Prey, he slapped the hard bed - actually, more like a sleeping shelf - and sneered, "You will sleep Klingon-style. We do not cushion our bodies by putting down a pad." Nonplussed, Picard slapped the "bed" himself and replied, "Good. I like it that way." (TNG "Unification I")