Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, April 13, 2023 Klingon word: tap Part of speech: verb Definition: mash, squash Source: KGT _______________________________________________ yIntaH qIrq 'e' vIneH. DaSwIj bIngDaq latlhpu' vItap. Kirk I want alive. The rest I will grind beneath my boot. ("I want that Kirk keeps living. I will mash the others under my boot." [sic! typo for qIrq'e'? (qurgh)]) (STConst p.232) wejlogh choponlaHbe'chugh vaj gho[p]vam vItap 'ej DaH naDev qaHoH Give me three good reasons not to squeeze this hand tight and kill you where you stand! (PB 145) (KGT 92): Finally, the way to prepare a common dish called {qompogh} is to mash ({tap}) a mixture of various types of {naH} (fruit, vegetable), with or without some animal matter, into a rather lumpy paste and then to let it {rogh} (ferment). TREK NOTES: “If anyone disagrees, we'll crush them beneath our boots.” (expression of Capt. Krankor) SEE ALSO: qeb squeeze (windbag instrument) (v) rey squeeze and stretch out (windbag instrument) (v) pul be ground up (v) 'apmoH dent (v) gho' step on (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.