> {'oQqar} means "root, tuber". This seems 

> to indicate that the word refers to the 

> underground part of a plant. But like 

> {ghargh}, it wouldn't surprise me if the 

> edible part of a lotus (i.e., the underwater

> part) is also {'oQqar} to Klingons.

True, but this is just a speculation on your part, as my interpretation is of course a speculation on my part.

Since we don't have a definite answer though, and since the Ca'Non definitions which contain {'oQqar} are with regards to plants such as onions, carrots, etc, I believe it would be quite a stretch to arbitrarily expand its' meaning on every kind of root.

De'vID:

> I think you're failing to understand that 

> not all definitions which are comma-

> separated lists work the same way. Some

> are restrictive while others are expansive.

I understand this just fine.

What I don't understand, is absent Ca'Non, who will decide in such cases, what goes for what word.

Show me a Ca'Non example of {'oQqar} being used for "simple" roots, and I'll be convinced.

~ kjkbkb