Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, January 06, 2020 Klingon word: tlhoy' SaS Part of speech: noun Definition: ceiling/floor between stories _______________________________________________ (st.klinon 12/7/1998): In a multistory structure, the stories are separated by what Klingon architects and builders call a {tlhoy' SaS} "horizontal wall". The side of this "wall" which is the bottom of the upper story is the {rav} "floor"; the side which is the top of the lower story is the {rav'eq} "ceiling" (based on {rav} "floor" plus {'eq}, an element otherwise unknown (there is no evidence it is connected to {'eq} "be early"). (IMO, HQ 8.1:7-12): Similarly, though in general {rav'eq} "ceiling" refers to the ceiling of a room that has a room above it, it may also be used for the ceiling of a room on the top floor, even though there is no corresponding {rav} and no {tlhoy' SaS}. SEE: tlhoy' (interior) wall, interior face of exterior wall (n) SaS be horizontal (v) SEE ALSO: rav floor (n) choQ deck (n) bIS'ub bottom (interior) (n) pIrmuS bottom (exterior) (n) beb roof (n) rav'eq ceiling (n) pa' beb ceiling (n) 'aqroS top (interior) (n) yor top (exterior) (n) -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons