Klingon word: neng'el Part of speech: noun Definition: metal grid, metal lattice, barbecue grill Source: qepHom 2023 _______________________________________________ The request for this word was: "the word for a barbecue roast, a grid usually made of steel, underneath which one makes fire to burn meat on top. Expanded from this: what is the term for any grid that you would use on a window, for instance to avoid birds or even intruders to enter the building?" [qepHom 2023] (from Okrand's qepHom 2018 Video Interview re {qerjIq}): It's the fireplace, the place in your home where you cook the food." ... [Regarding usage for modern stoves, Okrand added] Now you might use it for that, but that was not the original meaning. The original meaning is like a stone thing where you make a fire. ... {qerjIqDaq nIm vItujmoH} "I heat up the milk on the stove" [is okay to say]: Now you can, but that's not the original meaning. ... [addition: it can also be used for a fire place like on the barbecue.] SEE ALSO: mo' cage (n) bIghHa' jail (n) lojmIt gate, gateway (n) pat system, grid (n) qerjIq fireplace (n) qul fire (n) tIpqan ash, ashes (n) vIncha' furnace (n) -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons