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

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, July 17, 2025

Klingon word: wIl
Part of speech: noun
Definition: spike
Source: (email to Qov, 13 august 2012)
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(Qov < Okrand, 8/13/2012):  The word for screw is {Hut'In vIl}, which is, of course, a ridgy {Hut'In}.  Turns out {Hut'In} is the word for nail.  Maltz also volunteered that the word for spike is {wIl}.

(KGT 61):  A spike is a {DuQwI'} and the small spikes on the d'k tahg are usually called {DuQwI'Hommey} (little spikes).

(KGT 58):  On the toe of each high boot (DaS) ... was a clawlike spike called a {pu'}. 

PUN: 
William Pratt ("Spike") was a recurring character on the TV series "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer."

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons