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

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: mu' qunQeD
Part of speech: noun
Definition: discipline of studying word histories
Source: qepHom 2024 
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From: sustel trimboli.name via tlhIngan-Hol
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2025 9:05 AM

Probably best translated with the word "philology," now a woefully underrepresented study.
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AFAIK neither were used in a sentence.

SEE:
mu' qun   	etymology (n) qepHom 2024
  "The origin and development of a word or another aspect of a language" (qepHom 2025 REQUEST)

(Lieven, 11/15/2013):   Marc Okrand explained how he made up the words in the creation of TKD:  He had a chart of possible combinations where he could just "choose" a random word and give it a definition.  He first thought if that word "sounds okay" for what it might mean, and sometimes he also paid attention if the word should follow a pattern, as the words for speech all start with {ja-}.  As you can read in the interview, MO likes to think about a word for a long time if he likes to have a pun in it, but sometimes he might just look at his list of un-used syllables and pick one from there.

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons