Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, April 18, 2026 Klingon word: mutlh Part of speech: verb Definition: construct, assemble, put together, manufacture Source: Marc Okrand, Email 01/09/2012, qepHom 2016 _______________________________________________ (MO to Lieven, 1/09/2012): Words for bricklayer, roof maker, plumber, and so on are all based on the verb {mutlh}, meaning "construct, assemble, put together". Someone who does this, then, is a {mutlhwI'}. [...] The idea is that a {mutlhwI'} puts things together. ... So a {ngogh mutlhwI'} is not (necessarily) someone who makes bricks, but someone who takes bricks that are already made and assembles them into something (such as a building). Similarly, a {beb mutlhwI'} doesn't make the roof, but, rather, lays out the shingles or planks or stones or whatever the roof is made out of.. If you did say {tlhIm mutlh} ("he/she assembled a carpet"), that would mean there were pieces of fabric (or squares of carpet?) that got put together (sewn together?) to make a carpet or rug. [...] Someone who repairs any of these things (who may or may not be the same person who installed/assembled them) is a {tI'wI'} ({tI'} repair). Most {mutlhwI'pu'} are also {tI'wI'pu'} - but you'd be advised to check with them first. SEE: ngogh mutlhwI' bricklayer (n) beb mutlhwI' roofer (n) majyang mutlhwI' tiler (n) 'och mutlhwI' plumber (n) 'ul pat mutlhwI' electrician (n) SEE ALSO: jom install (a device), equip (v) chenmoH build, form, make, create (v) 'ogh invent, devise, design (v) ren design, map out, plan (v) jonwI' engineer (n) chamwI' technician (n) tI'wI' repairman (n) -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons (n)