[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: Hampong

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: Hampong
Part of speech: noun
Definition: wound, sore 
Source: qep'a' 25 [2018]
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AFAIK not used in a sentence.

(qep'a' 2018):  a wound or sore with at least some abrasion, not just a bruise

(qepHom 2021):  The correct word to refer to a scar that results from surgery, is {mIvwa'}.  It is defined as "scar (from wound)", and the wound in this case is an intentional wound.  The word {roptoj} "scar (from disease)" is not appropriate here.

CULTURAL NOTE:
(De'vID < MO, 2/17/2018):  The traditional/old Klingon way of keeping score involves cutting oneself ({pe''egh}), and this is the term still in use.  A tally or (total) score follows the same tradition.  They say {mIvwa'mey}, literally scars (even though, in traditional scorekeeping, the cuts turn to scabs and eventually go away).

SEE:
Hampong DIr  	scab (n) (qep'a' 2020)

SEE ALSO:
roptoj  		scar (result of some sort of disease, infection, etc.) (n)
mIvwa'  	scar (result of a wound, regardless of how the wound occurred) (n)
SanDIy  		scar (result of a wound received in the course of fighting/battling) (n)

moqtay' 	bruise (a bruise you can see, but not an open wound) (n)
larveS 		pus (n)
Haq  		surgery (n)
Sev 		bandage (n)

QID 		wound [someone] (v)
rIQ 		be injured (v)
Haq  		perform surgery on (someone) (v)
regh  		bleed (v)
taq 		be scarred (v)
taqmoH 	scar (v)

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons