Klingon word: tun Part of speech: verb Definition: be soft _______________________________________________ tun; reghuluS 'Iwghargh rur soft as a Regulan bloodworm (KGT) (Lieven < MO, 12/07/2010): Maltz first said that Klingons don't have pillows and he wondered why anyone would want one. But he's seen them (somewhere) and knows what they are. So when pushed - "If you have to call it something, what would you call it?" - he said {ngogh tun}. SEE: ghab tun boneless meat from midsection of animal (regional) (n) HomHap tun cartilage (n) ngogh tun pillow (n) QongDaq 'echlet tun mattress (n) 'atlhqam tun a type of mold (n) SEE ALSO: let be hard (v) TREK NOTES: When Captain K'Vada showed Picard to his temporary quarters aboard his Bird-of-Prey, he slapped the hard bed - actually, more like a sleeping shelf - and sneered, "You will sleep Klingon-style. We do not cushion our bodies by putting down a pad." Nonplussed, Picard slapped the "bed" himself and replied, "Good. I like it that way." (TNG "Unification I")