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)