Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, June 04, 2016

Klingon word: toqwIn Part of speech: noun Definition: (rubber) stamp Source: qepHom 2015 p.19

Lieven Lietaer talks with Marc Okrand about the new words from qepHom 2015 (posted 10/29/2015): ************************************************************ MO: A stamp (rubber stamp, a tool/device, not postage stamp) is a {toqwIn}. To use a stamp, you ink it up and then you {Dut} it ("slam [it] down"). The word for ink is {rItlh}, and the ink pad is called {rItlh 'echlet}. The image that results from using a rubber stamp is {yang}. LL: When you ink it up, do you simply {Dut} it into the {rItlh 'echlet}? MO: Yes, but there is a way to say that you're applying ink. To "ink up" a rubber stamp is to {laS} it. This verb is also used to refer to putting paint on a {rItlh naQ}. Maltz said that there's a slang term for this action also: {pID}. LL: Can the verb {Dut} "slam down" be used for other things, too? MO: Yes, like when you're angry, you "slam down" the phone. The verb {Dut} is not exclusive to the use of a stamp, right. LL: So the stamp is the object of the verb {Dut}. The object is not the paper: {toqwIn vIDut.} I slam down the stamp. ************************************************************ -- Voragh tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a' Ca'Non Master of the Klingons