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I seriously think Okrand had tribbles in mind.
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<div>From: Will Martin via tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org> </div>
<div>Date: 4/14/25 6:29 PM (GMT-05:00) </div>
<div>To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org </div>
<div>Cc: Will Martin <lojmitti7wi7nuv@gmail.com> </div>
<div>Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: SepHa' </div>
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<div>It’s not so much a pun as a model for raising something to a power. Breeding implies exponential growth as offspring each have offspring, so the opposite of exponential growth is taking a root of a number, as if you were removing the action of having exponentially
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<div>pItlh</div>
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<div>charghwI’ ‘utlh</div>
<div>(ghaH, ghaH, -Daj)</div>
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<div>On Apr 14, 2025, at 10:47 AM, Steven Boozer via tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org> wrote:</div>
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<div>Klingon word: SepHa'<br>
Part of speech: verb<br>
Definition: root, take a root<br>
Source: qepHom 2024<br>
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Math, not botany.<br>
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(qepHom 2024): "[Not necessarily only square root. Taking a root is the inverse of raising a number to a power.]"
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SEE:<br>
Sep <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>breed (v)<br>
Hmm... "un-breed?" If there's a pun here, I don't see it. <br>
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SEE ALSO:<br>
mI' <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>number (n)<br>
'oQqar <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>root, tuber (n)<br>
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