You forgot to mention the pun: yalqom = moq lay = beat-L = Beatle


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>Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 14:28:39 +0000
>From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
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>Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: yalqom (noun)
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>Klingon word: yalqom
>Part of speech: noun
>Definition: mop
>Source: qep'a' 32 [2025]
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>AFAIK not used in a sentence.
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>(qep'a' 2025):  A swab, like a Q-Tip, could be called {yalqomHom}.
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>SEE:
>va'chum     sponge (n)
>rav         floor (n)
>choQ         deck (n)
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>Say'moH     wash (v)
>Sur         rinse (v)
>bI'          sweep (v)
>  --  (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 
>were a broom. If whatever is pushed is cleared away completely, one is said to {bI'chu'} (sweep [something] away; literally, "sweep perfectly"). 
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>Voragh
>Ca'Non Master of the Klingons