Klingon word: qal'aq Part of speech: noun Definition: frame, framework, supporting structure, skeleton Source: Marc Okrand at European qepHom 1/25/2014 _______________________________________________ (qepHom 2019 booklet p.11): {qal'aq} is fine for skeleton if modified ({Hom qal'aq} or {porgh qal'aq}), but a more specific term is heard {nobmeD}. "Klingon: Shatter the cranial exoskeleton at the tricipital lobe. Death is immediate. (Borg Crosis, TNG “Descent, Pt. 1”) SEE: toSwI' qal'aq climbing apparatus, jungle gym, playground (n) - toSwI' qal'aqraj 'oHbe' Daqvam'e'. This is not your playground. (DSC "Battle At the Binary Stars") SEE ALSO: Qur structure, organization (n) tlham order, (societal) structure (n, slang) porgh body (n) nobmeD skeleton (n) Hom bone (n) joQ rib (n) to'waQ ligament, tendon (n) Somraw muscle (n) -- Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons Please contribute relevant vocabulary or notes from the last year or two. I’ve fallen woefully behind in updating my files.