I seriously think Okrand had tribbles in mind. -------- Original message -------- From: Will Martin via tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org> Date: 4/14/25 6:29 PM (GMT-05:00) To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org Cc: Will Martin <lojmitti7wi7nuv@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: SepHa' 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 grown. pItlh charghwI’ ‘utlh (ghaH, ghaH, -Daj) On Apr 14, 2025, at 10:47 AM, Steven Boozer via tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org> wrote: Klingon word: SepHa' Part of speech: verb Definition: root, take a root Source: qepHom 2024 _______________________________________________ Math, not botany. (qepHom 2024): "[Not necessarily only square root. Taking a root is the inverse of raising a number to a power.]" SEE: Sep breed (v) Hmm... "un-breed?" If there's a pun here, I don't see it. SEE ALSO: mI' number (n) 'oQqar root, tuber (n) -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons _______________________________________________ tlhIngan-Hol mailing list tlhIngan-Hol@lists.kli.org http://lists.kli.org/listinfo.cgi/tlhingan-hol-kli.org