QIn

sharp end (e.g. on pen), spearhead

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

q͡χɪn

Sound out QIn letter by letter:

• Qq͡χq and H run together, a guttural rasp
• Iɪi as in 'bit'
• nnn as in 'nay'

• When shown a pencil, Maltz said that the sharp end could be called a QIn, but if the pencil were new and did not yet have a point, the ready-to-be-sharpened end would be a megh'an or 'er'In. [HolQeD-12-2 p.7]

• QIn pup — plain spearhead (with single sharp point)
• QIn vagh — spearhead (with multiple points)
• SeDveq — barbed spearhead

KGT; HolQeD-12-2 p.7 · TDNW

Originally sourced from klingonska.org and enhanced by lingoXpress.