Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, September 04, 2022 Klingon word: taD Part of speech: verb Definition: be frozen _______________________________________________ yItaD Freeze! [i.e. Stand perfectly still!] KCD petaD! ["Freeze!" shouted by Gowron] STK yItaD'eghmoH! Freeze yourself! ("Cause yourself to be frozen!") KGT (KGT 117): These are idiomatic ways to give the command "Don't move!" The word {yItaD} is used when speaking to an individual; {petaD} is used when giving the command to a group. The verb {taD} means "be frozen", and it is used here in a peculiar, though not really ungrammatical, way. Generally, when a verb describing a state of being (for example, {tuj} [be hot]) is used in the imperative form, the suffixes {-'egh} (reflexive suffix) and {-moH} (cause) are used as well: {yItuj'eghmoH} (Heat yourself!—that is, Cause yourself to be hot!), {yItaD'eghmoH!} (Freeze yourself!--that is, Cause yourself to be frozen!). When {taD} is used in the idiomatic sense of not move, however, it is treated as if a verb describing an activity, such as {yIt} (walk): {yIyIt!} (Walk!). TREK TRIVIA: "Rura Penthe is a frozen asteroid used by Klingons as a penal colony for enemies of the Empire..." (TKW 190) SEE: nIm qulcher taD ice cream (n) SEE ALSO: bIr be cold (v) Sub be solid (v) peD snow (v) tet melt (v) chuch ice (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.