Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, November 13, 2020 Klingon word: Hom Part of speech: noun Definition: bone _______________________________________________ Hom Hutlhbogh ghab {ghab} that lacks bone. KGT QongtaHvIS HeghDI' SuvwI', 'oynot, Hom je neH yugh. A warrior who dies in his sleep is no more than flesh and bone. (DSC/Qov "Battle At the Binary Stars" [NON-CANON) (qepHom 2019 booklet p.11): {qal'aq} is fine for skeleton if modified ({Hom qal'aq} or {porgh qal'aq}), but a more specific term is heard {nobmeD}. (Lieven, klingon.wiki/En/Hamletmachine): {reStav} is shin, meaning the front of the lower leg. (I assume [the German word] *Schienbein* is "shin bone". {reStav} is more than just the bone. The only way Maltz was aware of for referring to the bone is {reStav Hom}.) (KGT 75): Wind instruments (there is no overall term for them) range from the simple flute or fife ({Dov'agh}), generally crafted from a bone A food item (cf. KGT p. 88) (KGT 95): A popular effervescent drink, black in color, is called {'awje'} … it is made from, among other things, the marrow ({melchoQ}) taken from the bones of a {teghbat} (*teg'bat*). SEE: HomHap tun cartilage (n) (qep'a' 2020) SEE ALSO: petqaD bone-knitter (medical device) (n) nobmeD skeleton (n) qal'aq framework, supporting structure, skeleton (n) joQ rib (n) DughrI’ skull (n) melchoQ bone marrow (n) to'waQ ligament, tendon (n) Somraw muscle (n) ‘oynot flesh (n) -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons