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

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Klingon word: 'eng
Part of speech: noun
Definition: cloud
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(qurgh < Okrand, qep'a' 2016):  For a cloudy day, he used {jul So' 'eng} ("clouds hide the sun") or {jul tlhoDmoH 'eng} ("clouds filter the sun") ... depending on just how cloudy things are.

wa'Hu' jul So'mo' 'eng... 
Because it was (pretty) cloudy yesterday... 
(lit. "Because yesterday clouds hid the sun...") (qep'a' 2016)

wa'Hu' jul tlhoDmoHmo' 'eng... 
Because it was (sort of) cloudy yesterday... 
(lit. "Because yesterday clouds somewhat obscured the sun...") (qep'a' 2016)

SEE:
SIp 		gas (n)
chal 		sky (n)
muD 		atmosphere (n)
SeS 		steam) (n)

SEE ALSO:
logh 'eng  	nebula (n) qep'a' 2025

"There's coffee in that nebula!" (Janeway, VOY "The Cloud")

--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons