Klingon Word of the Day: 'eng (noun)
Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, December 16, 2025 Klingon word: 'eng Part of speech: noun Definition: cloud Source: TKD This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh@kli.org).
Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, December 16, 2025 Klingon word: 'eng Part of speech: noun Definition: cloud _______________________________________________ (qurgh < Okrand, qep'a' 2016): For a cloudy day, he used {jul So' 'eng} ("clouds hide the sun") or {jul tlhoDmoH 'eng} ("clouds filter the sun") ... depending on just how cloudy things are. wa'Hu' jul So'mo' 'eng... Because it was (pretty) cloudy yesterday... (lit. "Because yesterday clouds hid the sun...") (qep'a' 2016) wa'Hu' jul tlhoDmoHmo' 'eng... Because it was (sort of) cloudy yesterday... (lit. "Because yesterday clouds somewhat obscured the sun...") (qep'a' 2016) SEE: SIp gas (n) chal sky (n) muD atmosphere (n) SeS steam) (n) SEE ALSO: logh 'eng nebula (n) qep'a' 2025 "There's coffee in that nebula!" (Janeway, VOY "The Cloud") -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
I'd like to have my notes correct, so please help: According to my notes, the phrase below was explained at qep'a' 2017, not 2016. But when I checked my own lists, I couldn't find that information on either list. Any websearch isn't helpful either. So where did it come from? Am 16.12.2025 um 17:34 schrieb Steven Boozer via tlhIngan-Hol:
(qurgh < Okrand, qep'a' 2016): For a cloudy day, he used {jul So' 'eng} ("clouds hide the sun") or {jul tlhoDmoH 'eng} ("clouds filter the sun") ... depending on just how cloudy things are.
wa'Hu' jul So'mo' 'eng... Because it was (pretty) cloudy yesterday... (lit. "Because yesterday clouds hid the sun...") (qep'a' 2016) -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" https://tlhInganHol.com https://klingon.wiki/En/AliceInWonderland
It was in the booklet for qep'a' 23 in 2016. https://www.kli.org/about-klingon/new-language-information/qepa-chamah-wejdi... has the page. Its the section on seasons. qurgh On Wed, Dec 17, 2025, 10:26 AM Lieven L. Litaer via tlhIngan-Hol < tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org> wrote:
I'd like to have my notes correct, so please help:
According to my notes, the phrase below was explained at qep'a' 2017, not 2016. But when I checked my own lists, I couldn't find that information on either list. Any websearch isn't helpful either.
So where did it come from?
Am 16.12.2025 um 17:34 schrieb Steven Boozer via tlhIngan-Hol:
(qurgh < Okrand, qep'a' 2016): For a cloudy day, he used {jul So' 'eng} ("clouds hide the sun") or {jul tlhoDmoH 'eng} ("clouds filter the sun") ... depending on just how cloudy things are.
wa'Hu' jul So'mo' 'eng... Because it was (pretty) cloudy yesterday... (lit. "Because yesterday clouds hid the sun...") (qep'a' 2016) -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" https://tlhInganHol.com https://klingon.wiki/En/AliceInWonderland
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Am 17.12.2025 um 16:33 schrieb Klingon Word via tlhIngan-Hol:
It was in the booklet for qep'a' 23 in 2016.
https://www.kli.org/about-klingon/new-language-information/qepa-chamah- wejdich-new-words/ <https://www.kli.org/about-klingon/new-language- information/qepa-chamah-wejdich-new-words/> has the page. Its the section on seasons.
qurgh
jItlho'qu'. Do'Ha' tetlhvetlh vIbuSbe'ba'. DaH qawHaqwIj vIlughmoHlaH. majQa'. -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" https://tlhInganHol.com https://klingon.wiki/En/Weather
This is all I have in my notes: "(qurgh < Okrand, qep'a' 2016)" -- meaning Okrand spoke to qurgh et al. at qep'a' 2016, and qurgh (probably) posted it to the Mailing List. I did find two other similar notes: "When asked for a way to describe a sunny day, Maltz used {wov} be bright." (qurgh < Okrand, qep'a' 2016) "To say something has a duration of, or lasts for, some time, use {taH}" (qurgh < Okrand, qep'a' 2016) I usually record the date they were posted but not these for some reason. It's possible these were reported third-hand. I just checked the wiki for new words from the 2016 and 2017 qep'a'mey. I read that pages 8 and 9 of the qep'a' booklet discussed weather. These may have come from there. See https://klingon.wiki/En/NewWordsQepa24 -- Voragh ---------------------------------------------Original Message--------------------------------------------- From: Lieven L. Litaer via tlhIngan-Hol Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2025 9:26 AM I'd like to have my notes correct, so please help: According to my notes, the phrase below was explained at qep'a' 2017, not 2016. But when I checked my own lists, I couldn't find that information on either list. Any websearch isn't helpful either. So where did it come from? Am 16.12.2025 um 17:34 schrieb Steven Boozer via tlhIngan-Hol:
(qurgh < Okrand, qep'a' 2016): For a cloudy day, he used {jul So' 'eng} ("clouds hide the sun") or {jul tlhoDmoH 'eng} ("clouds filter the sun") ... depending on just how cloudy things are.
wa'Hu' jul So'mo' 'eng... Because it was (pretty) cloudy yesterday... (lit. "Because yesterday clouds hid the sun...") (qep'a' 2016) -- Lieven L. Litaer
Am 17.12.2025 um 16:51 schrieb Steven Boozer via tlhIngan-Hol:
I just checked the wiki for new words from the 2016 and 2017 qep'a'mey. I read that pages 8 and 9 of the qep'a' booklet discussed weather. These may have come from there. See https://klingon.wiki/En/NewWordsQepa24
Thanks for your reply and research. After getting the correct source from qurgh (it was qep'a' 2016) I have now corrected the entries in the wiki and also updated the page on weather: https://klingon.wiki/En/Weather -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" https://tlhInganHol.com
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