[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: Du' (noun)

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: Du'
Part of speech: noun
Definition: farm
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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 ... {naH poch} ("He/she plants fruit or vegetables"), referring to the ultimate use of the plant as a food source.

A {HurqIq} is a "fruit grown on Klingon farms. The {qorvIt} is a "rodent that eats through plants, commonly found on Klingon farms, where farmers have set traps for them." [(Keith R.A. DeCandido's novel "Klingon Empire: A Burning House"]

SEE:
Du'Hom  	garden (n)

Du'Hurgh  	Ambassadpr Kamarag's ancestral estate on Kronos (GN) [SAREK (novel)]

SEE ALSO:
Hatlh 		country(side (n)
puH 		land (n)
yav 		ground (n)

wIjwI'		farmer (n)
ngel'aH  	peasant (n) 
  - "Serf or peon could be {toy'wI"a' ngel'aH} or {wIjwI' toy'wI"a'} or {Du' toy'wI"a'}." (qep'a' 2025)


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons