On Tue, 31 May 2022 at 16:40, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, May 28, 2022

Klingon word: 'an'ortej
Part of speech: noun
Definition: paleontologist
Source: qepHom 2019
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AFAIK never used in canon.

SEE:
‘an             be petrified (v)
  - “{'an} is only used for people if they are literally ‘turned into stone’.” (Lieven, 11/18/2019)
 ‘an’or                 fossil (n)
  -  “same word for plants, bones, etc.” (qepHom 2019)
 ‘an’orQeD      paleontology (n)

The words {'an'or}, {'an'orQeD}, and {'an'ortej} were named for Rhona Fenwick, a Klingonist who is an archeologist.

SIntlher        an ancient extinct animal (n)

See the logo of the Sinclair Oil Corporation. 

roSqa'          archaeological artifact (n)
roSqa'QeD       archaeology (n)

{roS} + {-qa'} = "re-lick", "relic".

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