[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: lam

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, January 08, 2025

Klingon word: lam
Part of speech: noun
Definition: dirt
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qamDu'chaj bIngDaq letchoH lam nagh rur 
The sand beneath their feet turned hard as rock. (PB)

(MO interviewed by Lieven, 11/12/2013):  {qorgh} is to stop up, to fill a hole.  You can stop up a hole, but not fill it in with dirt.  That would be {teb}.  {qorgh} is to stop up an opening somehow. It's like filling in, and not put stuff inside.

TREK NOTES:
  "They're hiding in the dirt like targ!" (Korok, ENT "Marauders")

SEE:
lam  		be dirty (v)

pa' DuD Humanpu', vulqanganpu', tellarnganpu', 'anDorya'nganpu' lamqu' je. 
... where humans, Vulcans, Tellarites, and filthy Andorians mix. (DSC "Battle at the Binary Stars")

SEE ALSO:
yav 		ground (n)
Do'ol 		sand (n)
DabqI' 		mud, clay, putty (n)
butlh 		dirt under fingernails (n)
Say'qIS 		dust, powder (n)
HuH 		bile, gall, slime (n)

Say' 		be clean (v)

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons