Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, April 29, 2023 Klingon word: tera' chuch mIl'oD Part of speech: noun Definition: polar bear Source: qepHom 2022 _______________________________________________ i.e. a "Terran ice bear" AFAIK never used in a sentence. SEE: mIl'oD sabre bear (type of animal) (n) General Martok was kidnapped by the Dominion while he was hunting sabre bear on Kang's Summit in 2371 and replaced by a Changeling (DS9 "In Purgatory's Shadow"). “The sabre bear is at its most vicious when cornered with no means of escape.” (Martok to Sisko, DS9 “Blaze of Glory”). (KGT 89f): if [the meat] is fresh, the "cook" may {pID} it, which involves coating it with herbed granulated cartilage (not necessarily from the same animal) mixed with some kind of {tIr} (grain) and doing very little else... Meat prepared in this way is sometimes described as {wamwI' Ha'DIbaH} ("hunter's meat"), but the specific animal name is usually used instead of the word {Ha'DIbaH} (meat); for example, {wamwI' mIl'oD} ("hunter's sabre bear"). mIl'oD ngeb teddy bear (n) (MKE) (qepHom 2019): use {tlhut} ["be stuffed"] when filling something to achieve a shape or look (e.g. a teddy bear or a dead animal skin) -- 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.