Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, July 03, 2023 Klingon word: ghe' Part of speech: verb Definition: be transformed, transmuted, metamorphosed, totally altered Source: Email from Lieven 2018-02-06 _______________________________________________ maS Daghe'moH'a' Are you transforming a moon? (i.e. Are you terraforming a moon?) (Lieven < MO, 2/05/2018) tera' chu' DachenmoHmeH, maS Daghe'moH'a' In order to create a new Earth, are you transforming a moon? (Lieven < MO, 2/05/2018) maSDaq yInmeH Humanpu', 'oH Daghe'moH'a' In order that Humans live on the moon, are you transforming it? (Lieven < MO, 2/05/2018) yInvaD maS Daghe'moH'a' Are you transforming a moon to benefit life? (Lieven < MO, 2/05/2018) (Lieven < MO, 2/05/2018): The Klingon verb {ghe'} is the one most likely to be involved here. It means "be transformed, transmuted, metamorphosed, totally altered". In context, if someone said {maS Daghe'moH'a'?} (literally "Are you transforming a moon?"), this would be understood to mean "Are you terraforming a moon?" If context isn't clear, then there'd have to be more verbiage: {tera' chu' DachenmoHmeH, maS Daghe'moH'a'?} "In order to create a new Earth, are you transforming a moon?") or {maSDaq yInmeH Humanpu', 'oH Daghe'moH'a'?} "In order that Humans live [be alive] on the moon, are you transforming it?" or {yInvaD maS Daghe'moH'a'?} "Are you transforming a moon to benefit life?" (clunky translation). PUN: Gregor Samsa in Kafka's "The Metamorphosis?", who is transformed into a beetle or cockroach. SEE: ghe'chem terraforming field (n) (DSC ep. 114) (Lieven < MO, 2/05/2018): I assume that the word field in terraforming field refers to a energy field of some sort that causing the terraforming to happen (and not to a plot of land that's undergoing terraforming). If so, the shortcut way to refer to that field would be {ghe'chem}; a longer way would be {ghe'moHbogh HoSchem}. But, as above, if context is lacking, there'd have to be some additional stuff to make the nature of the transformation clear. SEE ALSO: choH alter, change (v) moj become (v) chen build up, take form, take shape (v) -- Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons Please contribute relevant vocabulary from recent qep’a’mey or qepHommey. I’ve fallen woefully behind in updating my files.