[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: putlh (verb)

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, August 25, 2025

Klingon word: putlh
Part of speech: verb
Definition: be decorated, adorned
Source: qep'a' 32
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AFAIK not used in a sentence.

(qep'a' 2025): To {putlhmoH} ["decorate"] something may or may not improve its appearance, but it definitely adds something to it.

(KGT 80):  The part of a weapon with ornamentation, such as the handle (ret'aq) of a knife, is usually decorated by means of carving. Even modern weaponry, such as a disrupter pistol (nISwI' HIch) or disrupter rifle (nISwI' bej), is decorated. For example, typically the head of any rivet (veragh) used has a raised image of some kind, often that of a Klingon warrior's head. Sometimes extra ornamentation, carved of a different material, is attached. This would typically be the case with a family crest (tuq Degh).

(KGT 63):  In addition, there are also a number of knives designed not as weapons but rather as tools, used only for cutting. These are not as sharp as the weapon knives, nor as artfully decorated. While it is not uncommon to praise the workmanship or design of a warrior's knives, it is important to focus only on the weapons. To praise the tools is an insult.

SEE:
'IH  		be beautiful, handsome (v)

SEE ALSO:
vaQ		be effective, vigorous (v) [lit. "be aggressive"]
  - "A weapon that is particularly good, that is well designed and well constructed, is normally described as {vaQ}. Thus, a {taj vaQ} is a meticulously made knife and a {ghanjaq vaQ} is an especially nice mace. In speaking about a fine weapon, one could compliment it even further by adding the emphatic {-qu'} to {vaQ}. A really spectacular bat'leth would be a {betleH vaQqu'}.  The word vaQ is not often used in describing the newer weapons (disruptors and the like), though such locutions are heard from time to time." (KGT 67)

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