<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp3a369cecyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div></div><div id="ydp3a369cecyahoo_quoted_5677004053" class="ydp3a369cecyahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">You forgot to mention the pun: yalqom = moq lay = beat-L = Beatle</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">>Message: 3<br></div><div dir="ltr">>Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 14:28:39 +0000<br></div><div dir="ltr">>From: Steven Boozer <<a href="mailto:sboozer@uchicago.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sboozer@uchicago.edu</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">>To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <<a href="mailto:tlhingan-hol@kli.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tlhingan-hol@kli.org</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">>Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: yalqom (noun)<br></div><div dir="ltr">>Message-ID:<br></div><div dir="ltr">> <<a href="mailto:SN7PR11MB80412D5ABB9315A52EAAE3D3C12AA@SN7PR11MB8041.namprd11.prod.outlook.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SN7PR11MB80412D5ABB9315A52EAAE3D3C12AA@SN7PR11MB8041.namprd11.prod.outlook.com</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">> <br></div><div dir="ltr">>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br></div><div dir="ltr">></div><div dir="ltr">>Klingon word: yalqom<br></div><div dir="ltr">>Part of speech: noun<br></div><div dir="ltr">>Definition: mop<br></div><div dir="ltr">>Source: qep'a' 32 [2025]<br></div><div dir="ltr">>_______________________________________________<br></div><div dir="ltr">></div><div dir="ltr">>AFAIK not used in a sentence.<br></div><div dir="ltr">></div><div dir="ltr">>(qep'a' 2025): A swab, like a Q-Tip, could be called {yalqomHom}.<br></div><div dir="ltr">></div><div dir="ltr">>SEE:<br></div><div dir="ltr">>va'chum sponge (n)<br></div><div dir="ltr">>rav floor (n)<br></div><div dir="ltr">>choQ deck (n)<br></div><div dir="ltr">></div><div dir="ltr">>Say'moH wash (v)<br></div><div dir="ltr">>Sur rinse (v)<br></div><div dir="ltr">>bI' sweep (v) <br></div><div dir="ltr">> -- (KGT 112): The verb {bI'} (sweep) refers to the action of pushing something out of the way by using an implement or the forearm as if it </div><div dir="ltr">>were a broom. If whatever is pushed is cleared away completely, one is said to {bI'chu'} (sweep [something] away; literally, "sweep perfectly"). <br></div><div dir="ltr">></div><div dir="ltr">>--<br></div><div dir="ltr">>Voragh<br></div><div dir="ltr">>Ca'Non Master of the Klingons<br></div></div>
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