<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp54c9596byahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Nice to see a word I requested becoming KWotD! I was the one who asked for a word for "chromosome" on chabal tetlh, back in 2020 or 2021. (My other request that year, "Jew", still has yet to make it in.)</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">And yes, I did also mention that I wanted the words for X and Y chromosomes -- or W and Z chromosomes, "if that's what Klingons have". We learn that Klingons have an XX-XY system like mammals, instead of a ZZ-ZW system like birds.<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>>Message: 2</div></div><div id="ydp9c2a6ca6yahoo_quoted_5354930887" class="ydp9c2a6ca6yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div dir="ltr">>Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2023 14:05:32 +0000<br></div><div dir="ltr">>From: Steven Boozer <<a href="mailto:sboozer@uchicago.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sboozer@uchicago.edu</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">>To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <<a href="mailto:tlhingan-hol@kli.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tlhingan-hol@kli.org</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">>Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: roSmaH<br></div><div dir="ltr">>Message-ID:<br></div><div dir="ltr">> <<a href="mailto:DM6PR11MB3052DE975EEFE6D64A8776EEC1EFA@DM6PR11MB3052.namprd11.prod.outlook.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DM6PR11MB3052DE975EEFE6D64A8776EEC1EFA@DM6PR11MB3052.namprd11.prod.outlook.com</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">> <br></div><div dir="ltr">>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">>Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, September 06, 2023<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">>Klingon word: roSmaH<br></div><div dir="ltr">>Part of speech: noun<br></div><div dir="ltr">>Definition: chromosome<br></div><div dir="ltr">>Source: qep'a' 28 [2021]<br></div><div dir="ltr">>_______________________________________________<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">>(qep?a? 2021): Chromosomes are numbered (e.g. {roSmaH wej}). The two sex chromosomes are {roSmaH pagh} and {roSmaH >bID}; two {roSmaH bID} chromosomes occur in females, one of each occur in males.<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">>(qep?a? 2021 Q&A):<br></div><div dir="ltr">>Q: Is there a cultural background behind the names for the<br></div><div dir="ltr">> chromosomes?<br></div><div dir="ltr">>A: No. It's just... throw the dice in the air and see what happens.<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">>SEE:<br></div><div dir="ltr">>rosmaH bID X chromosome (n)<br></div><div dir="ltr">>roSmaH pagh Y chromosome (n)<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">>SEE ALSO:<br></div><div dir="ltr">>roSghaH DNA (n)<br></div><div dir="ltr">>?uchgha? RNA (n)<br></div><div dir="ltr">>rayQeD genetics (n)<br></div></div>
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