(KGT 97-8):  A scooping implement, much like a garden trowel, used to remove food from a pot, is a bo'Dagh.

(KGT 125):  The phrase bo'Dagh'a' lo' is another way to say exaggerate, though it has negative connotations of exaggerating when it is inappropriate to do so. If a warrior, for example, boasts about his recent exploits in a way other warriors find unbelievable, someone might say bo'Dagh'a' lo' ("He's using a big scoop"--that is, "He's exaggerating"). It is not uncommon to confront someone by making use of this phrase (for example, qaHarbe'; bo'Dagh'a' Dalo' ["I don't believe you; you're using a big scoop"--that is, "You're exaggerating"]) or to use it to assert one's veracity, as in bo'Dagh'a' vIlo'be' ("I am not using a big scoop"--in other words, "I am not exaggerating").

   The scoop (bo'Dagh) in the phrase is the implement used to remove food from the pot in which it was prepared and place it on a serving platter. This is hardly a delicate operation, so scooping with a bo'Dagh entails transferring as much food as possible on each trip from pot to platter. Using a big scoop (bo'Dagh'a') would imply transferring even greater quantities of food, perhaps more than the serving plate can handle.

    An altered form of this expression substitutes bo'DaghHom (little scoop) for bo'Dagh'a' (big scoop). The phrase bo'DaghHom lo' ("use a little scoop") means make less of something than it really is or minimize the importance of something, again with the connotation that this is inappropriate.

SEE ALSO:

bo'DaghHom      little scoop (to serve food) (n)

bo'Dagh'a'      big scoop (to serve food) (n)

baghneQ                 spoon (n)

'un                     pot (n)

'elpI'         serving platter (n)

lo'                     use, make use of [something] (v)

jab                     serve food (v)

lach            exaggerate (v)

mIy                     brag (v)

nep                     lie (v)

N.B. do not confuse bo'Dagh with bo'Degh "bird (general word)".