And: butnat (n) plutonium

Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2026 15:11:51 +0000

From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>

To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>

Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: SIr'eq (noun)

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Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, June 01, 2026

Klingon word: SIr'eq

Part of speech: noun

Definition: unit of radioactive decay

Source: qep'a' 29 [2022]

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The request for this word was: "comparable to the Terran units the curie, the rutherford, and the becquerel".  

(qep'a' 2022):  Maltz didn't know how this compared to becquerel.

SEE ALSO:

woj          radiation (n)

woj choHwI'      reactor (n)

'otlh         photon (n)

tuj 'otlh     infrared radiation

tarngeb     uranium (n)

woj tlhuD      be radioactive (v)

tlhuD         emit [energy, radiation] (v)

ragh          decay; rust, corrode (v)

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Voragh

Ca'Non Master of the Klingons