[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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