[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: qul tlhay'moHwI'
Steven Boozer
sboozer at uchicago.edu
Wed May 21 08:42:54 PDT 2025
Klingon word: qul tlhay'moHwI'
Part of speech: noun
Definition: firefighter, lit. fire tamer (less frequent)
Source: qepHom 2020
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At qepHom 2020 we learned that firefighters are also called:
qul qaDwI' "fire challenger"
qul SuvwI' "fire fighter/warrior"
qul QongmoHwI' "one who puts fires to sleep" (usually not applied until the fire is out)
SEE ALSO:
qul fire, flame (n)
qul chenmoH light a fire, ignite (idiom) (qepHom 2020)
qul naQmey matches (n)
qulHom spark (n)
qul'a' [blaze? conflagration? inferno?] (n)
- SaqSub qach tIQ beb bIngDaq pay' qul'a' tu'lu'
Then fires burst under the roofs of the Saq'sub's ancient houses (PB)
qul mI'wI' fire dancer (i.e. type of performer) (n)
qul tuq "House of Fire" (title of a popular Klingon opera)
qulHuD volcano (n)
qul ngeng fire lake (of a volcano) (n)
qul bIQtIqHom fire stream (n)
vaHbo' lava (n)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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