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

[Will Martin]

Since Klingon has no articles, it could have just as well been translated in English as “A cloud covered the Sun,” since it doesn’t matter how many clouds there are, just one of them covers the Sun.

pItlh

charghwI’ ‘utlh
(ghaH, ghaH, -Daj)




> On Dec 18, 2025, at 7:09 AM, Luis via tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol at lists.kli.org> wrote:
> 
> Shouldn't these sentences have the prefix *lu-*, since we are speaking of "clouds" (plural)? Or is it a "weather exception"?
> 
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> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 17. Dezember 2025 um 16:33
> Von: "Klingon Word via tlhIngan-Hol" <tlhingan-hol at lists.kli.org>
> An: tlhingan-hol at kli.org
> CC: "Klingon Word" <kwotd at wizage.net>
> Betreff: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'eng (noun)
> It was in the booklet for qep'a' 23 in 2016. 
> 
> https://www.kli.org/about-klingon/new-language-information/qepa-chamah-wejdich-new-words/ has the page. Its the section on seasons. 
> 
> qurgh
> 
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2025, 10:26 AM Lieven L. Litaer via tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol at lists.kli.org> wrote:
> I'd like to have my notes correct, so please help:
> 
> According to my notes, the phrase below was explained at qep'a' 2017, 
> not 2016. But when I checked my own lists, I couldn't find that 
> information on either list. Any websearch isn't helpful either.
> 
> So where did it come from?
> 
> Am 16.12.2025 um 17:34 schrieb Steven Boozer via tlhIngan-Hol:
>> (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)
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