[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: lut tlhaQ (noun)

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: lut tlhaQ
Part of speech: noun
Definition: funny story
Source: PK
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lut tlhaQ DaSov'a' 
Do you know any funny stories?  (PK)

(Lieven, 2/28/2023):  The word {lut tlhaQ} appeared in a chapter on PK about jokes. In the example dialogue, the speaker asked for a {lut tlhaQ) and the responder told a joke. So even though the canon translation is "funny story", it might be glossed as joke. The canon word for joke is {qID}. 

(MO, qepHom 2022 booklet p.17):  Often interchangeable, but generally speaking, if the narrative wasn't particularly funny until the last line, that would be a {qID} while a {lut tlhaQ} is a narrative that's funny, at least sporadically, throughout. Note that to play a practical joke on someone, to trick on someone, is not {qID} (the verb meaning joke). It's {chem} prank. 

SEE ALSO:
Dogh 		be foolish, silly (v)
qID 		make/tell a joke (v)
Hagh 		laugh (v)
vaq 		mock [laugh at someone] (v)
nuS 		ridicule [someone] (v)
Sagh 		be serious (v)

TREK NOTES:

"A joke is a story with a humorous climax." (Spock to McCoy, ST4)

OKONA: You don't know what a joke is?" 
DATA:     Of course I do. It is a witticism, a gag, a bon mot, a fluctuation of words concluding 
                with a trick ending." (TNG "The Outrageous Okona")

DRONE ONE:  Joke:  a verbal comment or gesture designed to provoke laughter.
DOCTOR:         I see you have your mother's sense of humor. (i.e. Seven of Nine; VOY "Drone")

DAX:         Worf, you're practically easygoing. What's next, a sense of humor? 
WORF:     I have a sense of humor. On the Enterprise, I was considered to be quite amusing. 
DAX:        That must've been one dull ship. 
WORF:     That is a joke! I get it. It is not funny, but I get it. [DS9 "Change of Heart"]

"Forgive me, but are you making a joke? Cardassian humor escapes me." (Odo to Garak, DS9 "Improbable Cause"]

"I don't understand their humor either." (Worf to Data, TNG "The Naked Now")

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons