[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: bIQtIq

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, July 24, 2017
> 
> Klingon word: bIQtIq
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: river
> Source: TKD

  'Iw bIQtIqDaq bIlengjaj 
  May you travel the River of Blood! PK

  'Iw bIQtIqDaq jIjaH 
  I travel the River of Blood TKW (TNG "The Icarus Factor") 

  Doq bIQtIq 
  The river is red. KGT

  Doq bIQtIq bIQ 
  The river water is red. (idiom) KGT

(KGT 123): "The phrase can be traced back to an old drinking song that commemorates the slaying of the tyrant Molor by Kahless. On that day, according to the song, the River Skral ran red; that is, it was filled with the blood of Molor.

SIqral bIQtIq 		the River Skral 

  SIqral bIQtIq lughoS cha' parmaqqay (PB)

  SIqral bIQtIq ghom 
  Assembly at the River Skral (PB)

qul bIQtIqHom 		fire stream 

  jIbDaj lumeQmoH qul bIQtIq qulHommey 
  Sparks from the fire river caught his hair (PB)

bIQtIq HeH  		bank, river bank

  ghIq SIqralDaq molor HoS waw' lupawmeH bIQtIq
    HeH juS SuvwI' ghom 
  The band of warriors then went past the shore
    to the river Skral, to Molor's seat of power. (PB)

bIQtIqHom  		stream, brook

  QIStaq qul bIQtIqHomDaq 'etlhDaj vo' nuch 
  the coward threw his sword into the fire streams
   of Kri'stak. PB

SEE ALSO:
QI 				bridge (over water) (n)


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