Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, July 24, 2018 Klingon word: ngeQ Part of speech: verb Definition: bump into, run into, collide with _______________________________________________ raS ngeQ tera'ngan The Terran bumps into the table. KGT ngeQchuq tera'nganpu' The Terrans collide with each other. KGT (KGT 157f.): The word [[paw']] literally means "collide" and is usually (though hardly exclusively) heard when referring to vehicles. In both its literal and slang usages, {paw'} takes a plural subject ... {paw' lupDujHommey} (The shuttlecraft collide). To refer to a something in motion colliding with something stationary, a different verb, {ngeQ} (bump into, collide with) is used, as in {raS ngeQ tera'ngan} (The Terran bumps into the table). When the subject of {paw'} is persons, the most common interpretation of the verb is the slang one-that is, butt heads. ... When the subject of {paw'} is anything other than persons, the most likely interpretation is the non-slang one, collide. If one wanted to say that two persons collide but not imply that they butt heads, the verb {ngeQ} would probably be used along with the suffix {-chuq} (each other) as in {ngeQchuq tera'nganpu'} (The Terrans collide with each other). SEE ALSO: Soy' be clumsy (v) 'apmoH dent (v) Any of the brand-new vocabulary from the qep'a' relevant? (I don't have time to look right now.) -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons