[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: wIj

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, August 24, 2024

Klingon word: wIj
Part of speech: verb
Definition: farm
Source: TKD
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(KGT 89):  Agriculture ({Satlh}) is practiced to a certain extent, though it is common to gather uncultivated plants as well. Fruit or vegetables that come from a farm ({Du'}) are called either {naH} alone or {Du' naH} ("farm fruit or vegetable" or produce); the wild variety is termed {naH tlhab} (literally, "free fruit or vegetable"). 
     The verb {yob} (harvest) is used to refer to gathering up plants or plant parts, whether from a field ({yotlh}) that has been sown or out in the wild. The verb meaning farm is {wIj}; that meaning plant (referring to vegetation of any kind) is {poch}. One may say {Sor poch} ("He/she plants a tree"), {lav poch} ("He/she plants a shrub"), and even {naH poch} ("He/she plants fruit or vegetables"), referring to the ultimate use of the plant as a food source... Klingons generally {Sep} (breed) small animals such as {gharghmey} (worms).

(Lieven, 2/01/2018):  To talk about growing plants (i.e. plant them and making them grow), Okrand suggested to use {wIj} "farm".  I asked for {chep} ["prosper,  be prosperous"], but he said that {chep} does not work with plants.

SEE:
wIjwI'  		farmer (n)
wIjwI' jan  	plough (n) (lit. "farmer's device") PB
  - chaHvaD nIb yan wIjwI' jan je 
    They don't know how to distinguish a sword from a plough! (PB)
wIjwI' ngeb  	scarecrow (n) OZ


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons