Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, September 03, 2019 Klingon word: weQ Part of speech: noun Definition: candle _______________________________________________ (qepHom 2017 p.20): {SuS} [the verb] … can also be used for blowing out a candle. With {SuS} you're blowing into/onto/at something, but the air gets out of the thing (or never goes in it). CULTURAL NOTES: Large thick, white white *kor'tova* candles - that "represent the fire that burns in the heart of a warrior" - are lit by father and son in both the {ruStay} (*R'uustai*) ceremony (TNG "The Bonding") and the First Rite of Ascension (TNG "Firstborn"). PUN: wax? wicks? SEE ALSO: Sech torch (n) qul fire, flame (n) req wax (n) -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons