Klingon word: 'Imyagh Part of speech: excl Definition: sound made by a vIghro' or ghISnar Source: qep'a' 24 [2017] _______________________________________________ (qep'a' 2017): This is an imitative word and there are variations. And not everyone uses it in the first place. (qurgh, 7/29/2017): The cat said, "meow". Marc said yes. The cat meowed as I walked by. Marc said no. [Okrand] said these are words that described the sounds that the animals make. They are pretty much onomatopoeias of the animals' noises. CULTURAL NOTES: When Klingon women are ready to mate they slink around like a "Hellenian lynx" while making low growling sounds like a {chemvaH} in heat. (PK) Is a {chemvaH} a type of feline like a lynx -- Hellenian or otherwise? SEE ALSO: ghugh vocalize [by animals] (v) Huy hum, purr (v) -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons