[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: gheD

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: 	gheD
Part of speech: 	noun
Definition: 	prey
Source: 	KGT
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QotDI' gheD tlhejbe' wamwI' 
The hunter does not lie down with the prey. (TKW)

gheDlIj DaHoHHa'pu' moratlh 'ej gheDDaj charghHa' molor 
Morath, you failed to kill your prey / So will Molor fail to conquer his (PB)

LANGUAGE NOTES:
(msn.onstage.startrek.expert.Okrand 6/29/1997):  {DaHjaj} also behaves as a noun (as opposed to an adverbial element) in such noun-noun constructions as {DaHjaj gheD} "today prey" or "today's prey", a term often heard in Klingon restaurants with a meaning comparable to "catch of the day." 

CULTURAL NOTES:
(KGT 100ff.):  In some restaurants, the menu (HIDjolev) is posted (seldom are individual copies available), but in most, the patrons know the regular fare and ask about specials, including the {DaHjaj gheD} (literally, "today's prey"), a dish whose components depend on what animals the restaurant's hunters were able to bring in.

(Bill Willmerdinger < MO at BabelCon 2 [4/1997])  a {toQ} is an avian predator on the Homeworld whose closest Terran analog would be a bird of prey.

The {norgh} is a dangerous, shark-like sea predator. (cf. SAREK, the novel by A.C. Crispin for which Okrand provided a few words)

SEE ALSO:
wamwI' 	hunter (n)
chon 		hunt (n)
tev 		prize (n)

wam 		hunt (v)
nej 		look for, seek, search for (v)
ghoch 		track [down] (v)
Sam  		locate; seek and find (v)
von 		trap, entrap, ngel attract, lure (v)

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Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
    Please contribute relevant vocabulary from recent qep’a’mey 
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