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

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: 'urghwI'
Part of speech: noun
Definition: poker
Source: qepHom 13
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(De'vID < MO, 11/16/2014):  Maltz said the card games he'd seen on Earth were all new to him and didn't match up with any Klingon games he was familiar with. Nevertheless, he'd become rather fond of one game, which he calls {'urghwI'} ("one that jabs or pokes"), a name he made up based on what he thought the Federation Standard name of the game was (but other Klingons probably would not understand this word in this sense). In this game and in others, Maltz noticed that cards were divided up into four types he called {Deghmey} (symbols). He said he'd seen different kinds of {Deghmey} on Terran cards, but he was most familiar with one set, and he was able to find Klingon {Deghmey} equivalents for three of the four Terran {Deghmey} in this set : 
    {meyrI'mey} (squares) corresponds to diamonds. Maltz said he didn't know why they were called diamonds since they don't look like sparkling gems. They aren't really squares, either, but they are quadrilaterals, and that seemed to be good enough to use the Klingon {Degh} equivalent.
    {pormey} (leaves) corresponds to hearts. Maltz recognized the symbol on the cards as being the same one he'd seen on Valentine cards (a custom he didn't understand at all), but they didn't look like {tIqDu'} (hearts) to him - Human or Klingon or otherwise.
    {Sormey} (trees) corresponds to clubs. Maltz didn't know why the symbol was called a club since it didn't look to him like a {jeqqIj} (bludgeon) or a {ghanjaq} (mace). But it was, nevertheless, pretty close to the Klingon {Sor}.
    Maltz also had no idea why the remaining symbol was termed a spade. He couldn't figure out what it was, and it didn't resemble any Klingon {Degh}. He just called a spade {'eSpeD}.

SEE:
*poQ'ar 		poker (n) [KLI] 
'urgh  			jab, poke (v) 

SEE ALSO:
'echletHom 		card (n)
vey  			pack (n)

DuD 			mix (v) [use for "shuffle"?]
SuD  			gamble,  take a chance,  take a risk (v)
Quj 			play a game (v)
Do' 			be fortunate, lucky (v)
pe''egh 			keep score (v)

TREK NOTES:

SPOCK:   A very interesting game, this poker.
KIRK:      It does have advantages over chess. 
MCCOY: Love to teach it to you.  [TOS "The Corbomite Maneuver"]

"There is a certain degree of random fortune involved. I believe that is why they call it 'gambling'." (Data, about a dice game [TNG "The Royale"] Royale")

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons