Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, February 16, 2023 Klingon word: QaD Part of speech: verb Definition: be dry, be dried out Source: KGT _______________________________________________ 'IqnaH QaD dry mucus (HQ 12.4) vengHom QaD dry village (KGT) tIr ngogh QaD toast (TNK) QaD puq The child is dry. (KGT) 'Iw bIQtIqvo' toS SuvwI' yoH puH QaDDaq paw The fearless warrior climbs out of the blood onto dry land. (PB) (KGT 85): A vegetable or fruit that is {baQ} (fresh, just picked, just fallen off the plant), on the other hand, is not as favored as one that is {DeH} (ripe, though overripe might be closer to the mark) or even {QaD} (dry, dried out). Do not confuse with the slang verb {QaD} "be safe, protected" : (KGT 161): Literally meaning "be dry", the word {QaD} may be applied to just about anything: a person, object, place, and so forth. For example, {QaD puq} ("The child is dry") means that the child is safe; {vengHom QaD} ("dry village") means that the village is protected. This slang meaning may have developed in part because of the Klingon association of water with weakness (as opposed to the strength of blood or ale, for that matter) and in part because of the phonetic similarity of {QaD} to {Qan} (protect). In the Krotmag dialect, source of many idiomatic expressions, {QaD} would be pronounced almost as if {Qan} (see the chapter on "The Fiction of Klingon Conformity," under "Pronunciation," pages 18-23). SEE: QaDmoHwI' DIr towel (n) SEE ALSO: yIQ be wet (v) char be slimy (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.