[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: tera' chuch mIl'oD

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, April 29, 2023

Klingon word: 	tera' chuch mIl'oD
Part of speech: 	noun
Definition: 	polar bear
Source: 	qepHom 2022
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i.e. a "Terran ice bear"

AFAIK never used in a sentence.

SEE:
mIl'oD  		sabre bear (type of animal) (n)

  General Martok was kidnapped by the Dominion while he was hunting sabre bear on Kang's Summit in 2371 and replaced by a Changeling (DS9 "In Purgatory's Shadow").  “The sabre bear is at its most vicious when cornered with no means of escape.” (Martok to Sisko, DS9 “Blaze of Glory”).

(KGT 89f):  if [the meat] is fresh, the "cook" may {pID} it, which involves coating it with herbed granulated cartilage (not necessarily from the same animal) mixed with some kind of {tIr} (grain) and doing very little else... Meat prepared in this way is sometimes described as {wamwI' Ha'DIbaH} ("hunter's meat"), but the specific animal name is usually used instead of the word {Ha'DIbaH} (meat); for example, {wamwI' mIl'oD} ("hunter's sabre bear"). 

mIl'oD ngeb  teddy bear (n) (MKE)

(qepHom 2019):  use {tlhut} ["be stuffed"] when filling something to achieve a shape or look (e.g. a teddy bear or a dead animal skin)

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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.