[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: mel'ogh (noun)

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Klingon word: mel'ogh
Part of speech: noun
Definition: chrysalis
Source: QelIS boqHarmey [Klingon Alice]
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(Alice p.239):  More generally, this refers to anything on its way to becoming something else. So, for example, it could be used for a lump of clay being transformed into a pot (but not yet a pot). As slang, it could refer to a student or athlete or warrior in training but not yet up to speed, as it were." 

PUN: 
Hebrew *golem* backwards:  "from the Hebrew word meaning (according to Wiktionary) inchoate object, amorphous mass and also pupa."  (niqolay Q, 11/17/2021)

SEE ALSO:
ngogh  			block,  lump,  brick (n)
DabqI'  			mud,  clay,  putty (n)

chu'wI' 			rookie, beginner, newbie (slang) (n)
ghuv 			recruit (n)
lopwI' 			initiate (n)

moj  			become (v)
chen 			build up, take form, take shape (v)
ghe' 			be transformed, transmuted, metamorphosed, totally altered (v)

'ughDuq ghargh  	caterpillar (n) 
  - "Maltz said this is a little squirmy thing that somehow turns into a {Su'wan ghew}." (Little Prince)
Su'wan ghew  		butterfly (n)

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons