Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, February 16, 2025 Klingon word: tera' qaw Part of speech: noun Definition: cow Source: qepHom 2024 _______________________________________________ AFAIK not used in a sentence. (qepHom 2024): this was not given directly, but inferred from the entry for "beef" tera' qaw Ha'DIbaH beef (n) (qepHom 2024) TREK NOTES: "The *minn'hor* is a beast of burden (similar to cattle), the milk of which is used to make cheese." (Felix, 7/25/2016; cf. Michal Jan Friedman's pro-novel _Kahless_) SEE ALSO: tangqa' bull-like animal, *tangkar* (n) GILGAMESH QI'tu' tangqa' Bull of Heaven (n) GILGAMESH (MO, HQ 9.4): In the epic, Gilgamesh and Enkidu battle the Bull of Heaven. The Klingon translation (allegedly found on a barren planetoid) contains the phrase: {QI'tu' tangqa'}. Although {QI'tu'} "heaven" is a familiar enough term, {tangqa'} is clearly something new. Maltz graciously provided the following brief explanation: There's this Klingon animal, you see, which is kind of bull-like. It's called a {tangqa'}. Both male and female ones are called {tangqa'}. So it doesn't really mean bull. But it certainly looks like one. Or more like a bull than anything else. tlhuQ tail (n) pu' horn; spike (n) - "The horn of an animal, same word as the spike on a boot (or a spike in general). When clarity is called for, say {Ha'DIbaH pu'} or {DI'raq loD pu'}. The plural of {pu'} is either {pu'mey} or {pu'Du'}, depending on the specific meaning of (pu'}." (The Little Prince) nIm milk (n) qulcher cream (n) wIlpuq pudding (n) Do not confuse with the noun {qaw} "memory" (i.e. the ability). -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons