Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, March 14, 2023 Klingon word: 'aq Part of speech: verb Definition: predict, prognosticate Source: qep'a' 24 [2017] _______________________________________________ (qep’a’ 2017): based on deductive reasoning or science SIS 'e' 'aqlu', javmaH vatlhvI' DIch It is predicted it will rain, 60% certainty. (qep'a' 2017) SISbe' 'e' 'aqlu'law' It would appear that it will not rain. It seems that it will not rain. (qep'a' 2017) (qurgh, qep'a' 2017 < 7/29/2017): [Okrand] also checked with Maltz about why predicting the weather used {'e' -lu'} instead of {net} in the examples. He said that weather forecasts tend to use {'e' -lu'} over {net}, but {net} would not be wrong. Duj jun yu'eghmey tIHmey je 'e' qaSmoHbogh tlhamchem tIn chenmoH tlhIngan So'wI' 'e' wI'aq. We suspect the Klingon cloak generates a massive gravitational field that bends light and other electromagnetic waves around the ship. (DSC/subtitle "Into the Forest I Go") SEE: qut predict (fraudulently or as an act) (v) ghut predict (based on intuition or a wild guess) (v) SEE ALSO: noH estimate (v) loy guess (v) leSSov foresight (n) muD atmosphere, weather (in general), climate (n) 'umber ecosystem, environment (n) tuch future, the future (as a whole) (n) “Predictions are difficult—especially about the future.” (Yogi Berra) -- 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.