[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: Det (verb)

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, December 13, 2025

Klingon word: Det
Part of speech: verb
Definition: be charged
Source: qepHom 2025
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(qepHom 2025 REQUEST):  We have a verb for "be negatively charged" and "be positively charged", but what is the general term?  As in "Be careful, the device is charged!"

SEE:
ngIng 		have a negative charge (v)
ruS 		have a positive charge (v)

SEE ALSO:
Huj  		charge (up) (v)
rIH 		energize (v)
laQ 		energize/fire [e.g. thrusters] (v)

'ul 'aplo' 	battery (n)

TREK NOTES:
"Do you think I would be foolish enough to give you a charged phaser?" [Capt. Garth to Kirk, TOS "Whom Gods Destroy"]

"Emergency power re-charge is 40 percent. [ST3; Torg, after his ship is hit, trying to arm the emergency torpedo tube]

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons