[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: Qol

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, June 20, 2025

Klingon word: Qol
Part of speech: verb
Definition: beam away
Source: TKD-A (184 KE, 186 EK)
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Qollu'ta' 
They were beamed aboard a Federation Starship. ("They were beamed away.") ST6

[Klingon Alice, p.236-38]:  For beaming away, {DemchoH} ["vanish"] might make sense for describing what people in the room who are watching someone beam away are seeing.  That is, it's a way of describing what beaming looks like to those not beaming.  But, of course, when beaming happens, the person who beams away doesn't stay there and become invisible. They're gone! Once the person is gone, you might use {ngab}.   {loj} would be appropriate if you're focusing on the incremental disappearance of the person. 

SEE:
jol 		beam [aboard] (v)
lup 		transport [by vehicle] (v)

Dem  		be clear,  transparent,  uncolored (v)
ngab  		disappear,  vanish (v)
loj  		be all gone (v)

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons