[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: meHghem

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Klingon word: meHghem
Part of speech: noun
Definition: arts, the arts, culture
Source: qepHom 2016
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meHghem yoS botlh DI’on ’oH ghommeH yotlhvam’e’ 
The plaza is a central feature of the Cultural District. (Pittsburgh Art Tour) 

(Lieven, 11/07/2016):  Klingon for the Galactic Traveler (p. 79) says there is no single word for art or artwork.  This refers to visual art (painting, sculpture, etc.).  {meHghem} (arts, the arts, culture) is a bigger, more comprehensive term covering "the arts" or "art" as opposed to "science."  So it includes music, theater, dance, etc. as well as visual art.  It's "culture" in this sense. 
    Similarly, {vIqraq} (artifact, work of art) is more general than a visual piece of art.  It covers that, but also an artifact (not in the archaeological sense), handicraft, gizmo, gadget, contraption, machine, device, etc. – that is, something manufactured/made.

TREK NOTES:
"Klingon culture is not in your taste?" (Troi to Pulaski, TNG "The Icarus Factor")

SEE:
meHghem Qat  	pop/popular culture (n) 

tera' DIS cha' pagh wa' wej meHghem Qat Sub boq cherlu'. 
In 2013, Popular Culture Hero Coalition was established. (PCHC 2016)

SEE ALSO:
ngoHwI' 	artist (DSC) (n)
nugh 		society (group of people with a shared culture) (n)
roSqa' 		archaeological artifact (n)
pItlhbergh 	Pittsburgh (GN)

Hoy 		be refined, fancy, sophisticated (v)
 Qat 		be popular (v)

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Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
    Please contribute relevant vocabulary from recent qep’a’mey 
    or qepHommey. I’ve fallen woefully behind in updating my files.