Klingon word: Hampong Part of speech: noun Definition: wound, sore Source: qep'a' 25 [2018] _______________________________________________ AFAIK not used in a sentence. (qep'a' 2018): a wound or sore with at least some abrasion, not just a bruise (qepHom 2021): The correct word to refer to a scar that results from surgery, is {mIvwa'}. It is defined as "scar (from wound)", and the wound in this case is an intentional wound. The word {roptoj} "scar (from disease)" is not appropriate here. CULTURAL NOTE: (De'vID < MO, 2/17/2018): The traditional/old Klingon way of keeping score involves cutting oneself ({pe''egh}), and this is the term still in use. A tally or (total) score follows the same tradition. They say {mIvwa'mey}, literally scars (even though, in traditional scorekeeping, the cuts turn to scabs and eventually go away). SEE: Hampong DIr scab (n) (qep'a' 2020) SEE ALSO: roptoj scar (result of some sort of disease, infection, etc.) (n) mIvwa' scar (result of a wound, regardless of how the wound occurred) (n) SanDIy scar (result of a wound received in the course of fighting/battling) (n) moqtay' bruise (a bruise you can see, but not an open wound) (n) larveS pus (n) Haq surgery (n) Sev bandage (n) QID wound [someone] (v) rIQ be injured (v) Haq perform surgery on (someone) (v) regh bleed (v) taq be scarred (v) taqmoH scar (v) -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons