Klingon word: qul Part of speech: noun Definition: fire _______________________________________________ reH latlh qabDaq qul tuj law' Hoch tuj puS The fire is always hotter on someone else's face. PK DopDaq qul yIchenmoH QobDI' ghu' Set fire on the side when there is danger. PK tujpa' qul pub SuvwI' 'Iw A warrior's blood boils before the fire is hot. TKW 'o 'oghlu'meH qul "O for a Muse of fire [that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention]" (KCD, prologue to Henry V) 'o meQ qul! 'o meQ chal! (KCD, opening of the song from the opera {qul tuq}) SaqSub qach tIQ beb bIngDaq pay’ qul’a’ tu’lu’ HochvaD pung Hutlh qul Then fires burst under the roofs of the Saq’sub’s ancient houses, flames have no mercy for anyone. PB HochvaD pung Hutlh qul flames have no mercy for anyone. PB jIbDaj lumeQmoH qul bIQtIq qulHommey Sparks from the fire river caught his hair PB qul yIchu' Light the fire! (DSC Announcement 7/2017) Light the beacon! (DSC "The Vulcan Hello") qeylIS wovmoHwI' vItoy'. qulDajDaq jIboghqa'. I serve the light of Kahless. I am reborn in his flames. (DSC "The Vulcan Hello") CULTURE: "Pots that may be put on top of a fire in order to heat their contents are made of metal ({baS}) …" (KGT 97) "She must see the fire in your eyes. […] Words come later." (Worf counseling Geordi on courting, TNG "Transfigurations") "I too have sought visions in the fire." (Worf, TNG "Eye of the Beholder") PUN: "cool"? SEE: qul tuq "House of Fire" (title of opera qul DIr fire skin (n) qul mI'wI' fire dancer (n) qul naQmey matches (n) qulHom spark (n) rI’meH qul beacon (n) qulHuD volcano (n) qul ngeng fire lake (of volcano) (n) qul bIQtIqHom fire stream (of volcano) (n) SEE ALSO: weQ candle (n) Sech torch (n) qerjIq fireplace (n) tIpqan ash, ashes (n) tuj heat (n) vaHbo' lava (n) meQ burn [be on fire] (v) laQ fire/energize [e.g. thrusters] (v) -- Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons Please contribute relevant vocabulary or notes from the last year or two. I’ve fallen woefully behind in updating my files.