English: egg
German: Ei
Source: KGT (225 KE, 241 EK)
Category: food
KLCP Level: 3
HolQeD 10:4, p. 4: matlh juppu' mu'mey.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.
(HQ 10.4:4): [The borghel is] "a very small bird whose eggs are considered quite tasty".
Note the egg-related phrase: pel'aQDaj ghorpa' "before it breaks its shell" (idiom for "before it's too late" or "while there's still time"):
pel'aQDaj ghorpa' qama' yIHoH
Before it breaks its shell, kill the prisoner.
(i.e. "Kill the prisoner now, while you've got a chance") KGT
TREK TRIVIA:
Riker scrambled some Owon eggs he got at Starbase 37. Although the humans thought them disgusting, Worf proclaimed them "delicious". (TNG "Time Squared")
There is no usage for this word in the database.
