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

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, December 22, 2025

Klingon word: Sa
Part of speech: verb
Definition: rhyme with
Source: qep'a' 26 [2019]
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(qep'a' 2019):  For "A rhymes with B", you could say {B Sa A} or {Sachuq A B je} (which might be better translated as "A and B rhyme").

(QeS < MO, 3/05/2017):  A {bom}'s lyrics ({bom mu'mey}) need not rhyme, though they can and often do. (The libretto to the opera 'u' has very little if any rhyming.)

SEE:
pa'jaH  		rhyme (n) (qep'a' 2019) 

SEE ALSO:
bom 		song, chant (n)
ghuQ 		poem (n)

(QeS < MO, 3/05/2017):
    A {ghuQ}, on the other hand, may be rhythmic or not, and it may rhyme or not. The focus is on the words. It's more complex, of course, because a good poem uses words that are chosen for their affect when they come together. That's "rhythm" of a sort, I suppose, but not the kind of rhythm you can tap your foot to.  A {ghuQ} is typically recited with no musical accompaniment. If there is music, the music doesn't necessarily (or even usually) match the {ghuQ} - it may complement it, but it's not the musical version of the {ghuQ}.
    Sometimes someone will write music for which an already-existing {ghuQ} is the words. Then a {ghuQ} has become a {bom}. Or, more accurately, there is a {bom} version or adaptation of the {ghuQ}. If someone recites the words of a {bom} but does not sing it (someone like Shatner, maybe), that's a recitation of the {bom mu'mey}; it's not a {ghuQ}.
    Generally speaking, a {bom} is something you sing and/or hear, but other than for scholarly reasons (or when you're learning the words), you're not likely to read a printed version of its lyrics (or music, for that matter). A {ghuQ} may be spoken aloud (and therefore heard), but one might also just read one.


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons