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[ mɪvwɑʔ ]
Noun

English: scar (result of a wound, regardless of how the wound occurred)

German: Narbe

Source: qep'a' 24, qep'a' 25

KLCP Level: 3

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Can be used for a scar due to surgery. 

Non-canon use in Discovery:

  lIr'el, Du'arghHa'moH mIvwa'.
  The scar is an improvement, L'Rell. (DSC "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum")

"So if you have a scar that you got in a fight, that could be either a mIvwa' or a SanDIy. If you don't know whether someone's scar resulted from a wound or a disease, it's probably safest to go with mIvwa'. If the person's   scar is actually a SanDIy, he/she will, under most circumstances, clarify this for you. If it's a roptoj, he/she may let the 'misdiagnosis' slide since, as we all know, ropchoHbe' tlhInganpu'."

Noun

English: score, tally, points

Source: qep'a' 25

KLCP Level: 3

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mIvwa'mey is used to mean "score, tally, results". For "results" in the sense of "outcomes" use gher'ID.

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