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

[James Landau]

Pun: "mouth of" backwards. The spout is the mouth of the teapot.

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>>Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, January 11, 2026
>>Klingon word: vatwam
>Part of speech: noun
>Definition: spout
>Source: qep'a' 30 [2023]
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>>(qep'a' 2023):  a noun, referring to the nozzle on a teapot, for example. There's also a slang term: {wuS} or {wuSDu'}, literally "lip(s)" - >the choice depends on the shape of the spout.
>>The request for this word was: "tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged".
>>SEE ALSO:
>runpI'          teapot (n) 
>'unqal         kettle (n)
>Dargh        tea (n)
>>ghIt         flow (e.g. water), gush, spout (v)
>lIch          pour (into/onto anything) (v)
>qang         pour (from one container into another (v)
  
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