<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpbcf894a3yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div></div>Pun: "mouth of" backwards. The spout is the mouth of the teapot.</div><div class="ydpbcf894a3yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><br></div><div class="ydpbcf894a3yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><br></div><div class="ydpbcf894a3yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">>Message: 2</div><div id="ydp9b318b6cyahoo_quoted_8779561339" class="ydp9b318b6cyahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div dir="ltr">>Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:58:57 +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: vatwam (noun)<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">>Message-ID:</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">> <<a href="mailto:SN7PR11MB8041C536BF1930BDFC6A3CE1C181A@SN7PR11MB8041.namprd11.prod.outlook.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SN7PR11MB8041C536BF1930BDFC6A3CE1C181A@SN7PR11MB8041.namprd11.prod.outlook.com</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">></div><div dir="ltr">> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br></div><div dir="ltr">></div><div dir="ltr">>Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, January 11, 2026<br></div><div dir="ltr">></div><div dir="ltr">>Klingon word: vatwam<br></div><div dir="ltr">>Part of speech: noun<br></div><div dir="ltr">>Definition: spout<br></div><div dir="ltr">>Source: qep'a' 30 [2023]<br></div><div dir="ltr">>_______________________________________________<br></div><div dir="ltr">></div><div dir="ltr">>(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)" - </div><div dir="ltr">>the choice depends on the shape of the spout.<br></div><div dir="ltr">></div><div dir="ltr">>The request for this word was: "tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged".<br></div><div dir="ltr">></div><div dir="ltr">>SEE ALSO:<br></div><div dir="ltr">>runpI' teapot (n) <br></div><div dir="ltr">>'unqal kettle (n)<br></div><div dir="ltr">>Dargh tea (n)<br></div><div dir="ltr">></div><div dir="ltr">>ghIt flow (e.g. water), gush, spout (v)<br></div><div dir="ltr">>lIch pour (into/onto anything) (v)<br></div><div dir="ltr">>qang pour (from one container into another (v)<br></div></div>
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