[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'ebHIv pa' (noun)

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, September 20, 2025

Klingon word: 'ebHIv pa'
Part of speech: noun
Definition: distillery [room]
Source: qepHom 2020
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AFAIK not used in a sentence.

(KGT 83):  In fact, {vut} can also be used in reference to making a beverage, whether simply mixing ingredients together (such a putting cream in coffee) or starting from scratch (such as brewing ale).

(KGT 97):  A square or rectangular tub used to hold food while it is fermenting is called a {'Ib} 

(KGT 92):  One way to bring fermentation about is to mix the food with a fungus (known as {'atlhqam}) usually scraped off the bottom of certain animals' feet, though it also grows on trees. The fermentation process is monitored so that the food is served at just the right time, even though the process is actually still going on (the verb meaning serve fermented food at its peak is {wech}).

(qepHom 2020):  [ {bewSom} (mash) is a] mixture of ingredients that, after a bit of time, produces fermented {HIq}.  Maltz thought that maybe this was shortened from something like {bewSom roghmeH qegh pa'} "vat for fermenting {bewSom} room" or "{bewSom} fermenting vat room", but he wasn't sure about that.

SEE:
'ebHIv  		still (n) (qepHom 2020)
  -  "apparatus used to distill various concoctions into an acceptable form of {HIq} [i.e. a still]" (qepHom 2020)

'ebHIv qach  	distillery [building] (n) (qepHom 2020)

SEE ALSO:
HIq  		liquor (beer, wine, ale, etc.) (n)

rogh		ferment (v)
roghmoH	cause to ferment (v)
chech 		be drunk (v)
'uH 		have a hangover (v)

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Voragh
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