[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: Du'Hom

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: Du'Hom
Part of speech: noun
Definition: garden 
Source: qepHom 2016
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(qep'a' 2019):  There is also a slang expression {Du'Hom mI'} "random number" (literally "garden number"). 

(KGT 89):  Agriculture ({Satlh}) is practiced to a certain extent, though it is common to gather uncultivated plants as well. Fruit or vegetables that come from a farm ({Du'}) are called either {naH} alone or {Du' naH} (farm fruit or vegetable or produce) ... The verb {yob} (harvest) is used to refer to gathering up plants or plant parts, whether from a field ({yotlh}) that has been sown or out in the wild. The verb meaning farm is {wIj}; that meaning plant (referring to vegetation of any kind) is {poch}.  One may say {Sor poch} ("He/she plants a tree"), {lav poch} ("He/she plants a shrub"), and even {naH poch} ("He/she plants fruit or vegetables"), referring to the ultimate use of the plant as a food source. 

(Klingon Alice):  For grow as in "I grow flowers" or "she grows carrots", use {reS} [lit. " conjure,  cast a spell"}.  (Weird, right?  Maltz wasn't sure if this revealed something about early Klingons' understanding of how plants grow or if it was just a coincidence.)

(KGT 97-8):  A scooping implement, much like a garden trowel, used to remove food from a pot, is a bo'Dagh.

(MO email to Lieven, 1/07/2011):  [Maltz] said that ... {ghIn} ... could also refer to a group of buildings and accompanying grounds (gardens or whatever)--the whole defined area where the members of the religious community live or work or do whatever they do there.

SEE:
Du'  		farm (n)
Du' naH  	produce (n)
Du'Hurgh  	Kamarag's ancestral estate on Kronos (GN) (SAREK)

SEE ALSO:
'InSong 		flower (n)
*pochwI'  	gardener (Klingon Hamlet)

Can {Du'Hom} be used for decorative or flower gardens/parks, or just practical market/vegetable gardens?  We do know the names of some flowers -- {chal},  {tlheng'IQ} thranx,  {tlhaghnay} night-blooming Throgni,  {Du'Qam} and {Du'QamHom} -- though Klingons may consider these as wild flowers only.

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons