Pun: Nikki Russell, illustrator of The Dork Diaries series? (At first I thought it may have something to do with Nike, perhaps the swoosh, but a swoosh is a RUSHING sound, not a RUSTLING sound. So that's probably not it.)
Message: 5
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:42:12 +0000
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'e'qIn (noun)
Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, December 15, 2025
Klingon word: 'e'qIn
Part of speech: noun
Definition: rustling sound
Source: qep'a' 30 [2023]
'e'qIn tlhen
rustle, make a rustling sound (qep'a' 2023)
SEE:
tlhen sound as, produce the sound of (v)
Cf. http://klingon.wiki/En/Sounds Other examples:
bobDar splash sound (n)
lu'lap beep noise (n)
petben thump/thud sound (n)
ray /r/ sound, trill (n)
rIS click sound (n)
SuqwIl hiss sound (n)