[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ghopDap

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, October 20, 2024

Klingon word: ghopDap
Part of speech: noun
Definition: asteroid
Source: TKD (86 KE, 121 EK)
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AFAIK never used in a sentence.

TREK TRIVIA:
  "Rura Penthe is a frozen asteroid used by Klingons as a penal colony for enemies of the Empire... The prisoners on Rura Penthe ... mine dilithium, required for warp propulsion systems. Significantly, the penal colony houses no Klingon prisoners."  [TKW 190]

  Dominion Internment Camp 371 is located on an asteroid and protected by an atmospheric dome, beyond which is nothing but airless vacuum and barren rock. (DS9 "In Purgatory's Shadow")

SEE ALSO:

lIy 		comet (n)
maS 		moon (n)
qo' 		world (n)
yuQ 		planet (n)
yuQHom 	planetoid (n)

--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons