Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, June 30, 2016

Klingon word: DaSpu' Part of speech: noun Definition: boot spike

(KGT 58): On the toe of each high boot ({DaS}), likewise made of animal hide ({DIr}), was a clawlike spike called a {pu'}. The word {pu'} now means {phaser}, and the newer meaning probably developed from the older spike because of the lightning speed with which one delivered a blow with the sharp {pu'}. In contemporary Klingon, the spike on the toe of a boot is always called a {DaSpu'} (boot spike), never {pu'} alone. Worf had a large bump on the top of each foot near the little toe (TNG "Ethics"). Was the {DaSpu'} originally to protect this part of the foot? SEE ALSO: DuQwI' spike (n) pach claw, talon (n) DaS boot (n) waq shoe (n) paSlogh socks (n) va'nuch heel (n) jej be sharp (v) -- Voragh tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a' Ca'Non Master of the Klingons