Klingon word: req Part of speech: noun Definition: wax Source: qepHom 2016 _______________________________________________ AFAIK never used. CULTURAL NOTES: Large thick, white candles are used in the {ruStay} (R'uustai) ceremony. (TNG "The Bonding") Special thick, white *kor'tova* candles "represent the fire that burns in the heart of a warrior" and are lit by father and son during the First Rite of Ascension. (TNG "Firstborn") LANGUAGE NOTES: (HQ 2.4): Actually, [qon] is the word translated in TKD as the verb record, meaning to make a record of something (whether this record be written or a digital recording or an old-fashioned wax cylinder or anything). (qepHom 2017 p.20): {SuS} [blow (into wind instrument) to produce sound] ... can also be used for blowing out a candle. With {SuS} you're blowing into/onto/at something, but the air gets out of the thing (or never goes in it). SEE ALSO: weQ candle (n) qul fire, flame (n) -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons