Klingon Word of the Day: leQ (noun)
Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, April 03, 2026 Klingon word: leQ Part of speech: noun Definition: switch, button Source: TKD (92 KE, 155 EK) This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh@kli.org).
Klingon word: leQ Part of speech: noun Definition: switch, button Source: TKD (92 KE, 155 EK) _______________________________________________ AFAIK not used in a sentence. (Lieven, 11/16/2014 < qepHom 2014) : And a [computer] mouse is a {'eQway'} ... He said that a {'eQway'} ... could have a {leQ} "button" (but more generally "switch") and it usually has two (a {poS leQ} and a {nIH leQ}, "left button" and "right button" respectively) ... To "click" one of the buttons is to {'uy} "press down" (even though the action is really to press down and then release). To say to "click" on a link, for example, the verb {wIv} "select, choose" is used rather than {'uy}. (ghunchu'wI' 9/26/2023): {Duv} ["advance"] has been used for the "next" button on a sequence of web pages (along with {HeD} ["retreat, withdraw"] for "previous" or "back"). (KGT 76): To finger the {may'ron} - that is, to push the buttons - is to {Heng} ... Cf. also the finger verbs {Sen}, {rIl}, {Siq}, {qay}, {qew} and {qan}. In the article on fingers and thumbs, Okrand gives the example {SeHlaw Siq} "touch the control panel with the index finger" (HQ 10.2:8) SEE ALSO: chu'wI' trigger (n) chu' activate (v) raQ manipulate by hand (v) SeHlaw control panel, console (n) nItlh 'echlet keyboard (n) - "The keyboard on the piano can also be called {nItlh 'echlet}." (qepHom 2023) may'ron accordion, concertina (n) may'ron raS piano (n) (qepHom 2020) HIvje'He piano in a piano bar (n) (qepHom 2020) -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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