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

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, July 27, 2025

Klingon word: HeH 'alqen
Part of speech: noun
Definition: hem
Source: qep'a' 32 [2025]
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(qep'a' 2025):  [border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying]

'alqen 			seam (n) [qep'a' 2025]
(qep'a' 2025):  [A suture or stitching that joins any two pieces of material], see also {HeH 'alqen} "hem".

Notes in [brackets] are not Okrand's but supplied by Lieven(?) for clarification on https://klingon.wiki/En/NewWordsQepa32 

SEE ALSO:
QIS  			stitch (v) (qepHom 2023) [use for the verb "hem"?]
(qepHom 2023):  The object is the thing being sewn or stitched together.

Sut 			clothing (n)
weSjech 		fabric, cloth, textile (n)
paH  			gown,  dress (n)
yopwaH  		pants (n)

TREK NOTES:
"And now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go hem some pants. For some reason, sewing seems to calm me down." 
  [Garak, DS9 "Afterimage"]

"The truth is, I'm trying to lose a little weight. Hemming women's dresses may provide me with a modest income, but it offers very little in the way of exercise." (DS9 "Distant Voices")

       < Garak gives Eddington a hypospray sedative in the Security Office >
GARAK:  Doctor, if you'd be so kind as to take his legs. 
BASHIR: If I didn't know better, I'd say you were enjoying yourself, Garak. 
GARAK:  Not at all, Doctor, but after years of hemming dresses, a little action is a welcome change of pace. [DS9 "The Search, Part II"]

 "I can't forgive what you did but I can try to forget, to put it aside as if it never happened. So, do you want to go back to your shop and hem pants or shall we pick up where we left off?" [Enabran Tain to Garak, DS9 "Improbable Cause"]

ODO:     Can I help you?
DREX:    *Lohd Zoss-lee chaw-KU sohk jaTAL?*  	[episode subtitles]
GARAK:  Actually, I'm not sure Constable Odo has a mother.  
                   [ ... ]
ODO:       I didn't know you spoke Klingon. 
GARAK:   Oh, you'd be surprised at the things you can learn while you're doing alterations.  [DS9 "The Way of the Warrior, Part I"]

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons