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[ pʰɛlʔɑq͡χ ]
Noun
English: shell (of an egg)
German: (Eier-)Schale
Source: KGT (223 KE, 256 EK)
Category: animals
KLCP Level: 3
Notes

KGT p. 88. Curiously, eggs (QImmey) do not play a large role in the Klingon diet as food items in their own right, though they are mixed into many sauces, usually along with the pieces of shell (pel'aQ), for flavor and texture. The small eggs of the Tokvirian [sic] skink (toqvIr lung), however, are often eaten whole, shell and all, usually by the handful.


KGT p. 92. The shell of an animal (nagh DIr--literally, "rock skin"--not to be confused with yub ["husk, rind, peel"], the word applied to the shell of a nut, or pel'aQ ["eggshell"]) is commonly separated from the animal meat, fermented, and served at another time.

Noun
English: coffin
German: (Eier-)Schale
Source: qep'a' 24
KLCP Level: 3
Notes
also the shell of an egg
Usage for pel'aQ
pel'aQDaj ghorpa'
before it breaks its shell
Type: idiom - Source: KGT p. 124
latlh De'/Additional Information

This means "before it's too late" or "while there's still time"

{pel'aQDaj ghorpa' qama yIHoH.}
Kill the prisoner now, while you've got a chance.

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