Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, April 10, 2021 Klingon word: tlhIlHal Part of speech: noun Definition: mine _______________________________________________ cha'puj tlhIlHal vISuch vIneH I want to visit the dilithium mines. CK tlhIlHal yIngev! Sell the mine! KGT tlhIlHal yIngIv! Patrol the mine! KGT rura' pente' tlhIlHalmey Rura Penthe Mines (MKE) "The prisoners on Rura Penthe ... mine dilithium, required for warp propulsion systems." (TKW 190) Prisoners sentenced to the Rura Penthe have a life expectancy of 6 months to one year. (ENT "Judgment") Does {tlhIlhal} refer to the mineshaft only, the operation as a whole--buildings, roads, etc.--or both? SEE: tlhIl mine (v) tlhIlwI' miner (n) tlhIl mineral (n) SEE ALSO: 'och tunnel (n) Qargh fissure (n) DIS cave (n) Daqrab well (n) ghevjur shovel (n) laSvargh factory (n) lel get out, take out (v); extract? teq remove (v) voD drill, bore (v) molHa’ dig up (like a bone or a fossil) (v) ghaw excavate, dig (a hole, trench, ditch, etc.) (v) tlhan dig [into] (v) - (qep'a' 2018): the object is dirt or soil or a field or a road, for example, not “hole” - (qepHom 2019): use {ghaw} when the object is the resulting hole; use {tlhan} when the object is the material being removed -- Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons Please contribute relevant vocabulary from the last year or two. I’ve fallen behind in updating my files and adding cross-references for related words.