Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, May 28, 2023 Klingon word: DIn Part of speech: noun Definition: open entryway (to corridor, tunnel, conduit, Jeffries tube, branch of sewer, bag) _______________________________________________ ghe'tor DInDaq ghaHtaH qeylIS'e' Kahless is at the entrance of Gre'thor (PB) (HQ 12.2:7): For the end of a longish enclosed space that one is typically inside of or experiences from the inside, such as a corridor, tunnel, or conduit (say, a Jeffries tube or a branch of the sewers of Paris), a different word is used: {qa'rI'}. This is the only word; it's used for both (or all) ends. The open entryway leading into such a space is called a {DIn}. If there's a door there, it's referred to by the usual word for door, {lojmIt}. (Lieven < MO, 4/11/2019): What I was driving at is that a {qa'rI'} at or from which one can enter or exit is a {DIn}. There may or may not be a (closed or open) door or gate there, but if there is, that door or gate is a {lojmIt}. That is, there's no special word just because it's a {qa'rI'} door. (By the way, a doorframe or something similar — something constructed to hold a door or gate, whether the door/gate is there or not — is a {lIvqa'nan}.) (KLI New Klingon Words list [whose comment?]): This is the open entryway of any enclosed space longer than wide in which people might find themselves. If there is a door that closes, this is not a {DIn}. It is merely a {lojmIt}. PRIVATE PUN: (De’vID, 3/29/2019): if anyone is wondering why {DIn}, {qa'rI'}, {megh'an}, and {'er'In} sound like people names, it's because they are. (Dean, Kari, Megan, and Erin are members of Marc Okrand's family.) SEE ALSO: HIchDal airlock (n) lojmIt door, gate, gateway [S99], hatch [KBoP] (n) jI'ev handle, knob, doorknob (n) 'och tunnel (n) chob corridor (n) ‘el enter, go in (v) vegh go through (an existing opening) (v) DIy be stuck (like when you can’t get a door or window open) (v) -- Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons Please contribute relevant vocabulary from recent qep’a’mey or qepHommey. I’ve fallen woefully behind in updating my files.