Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, March 21, 2022 Klingon word: gha'cher Part of speech: noun Definition: goat-like creature Source: qep'a' 26 [2019] _______________________________________________ AFAIK never used in a sentence. (qep’a’ 2019): Closest Klingon goat analog TREK TRIVIA: “If she fails us, we'd better get used to herding goats.” (Kirk, “Who Mourns for Adonais?”) SEE ALSO: DI'raq sheep (n) TLP - (Lieven, 9/01/2018): The prince was asking for a sheep. The used word sheep (French *mouton*) does not imply any gender. When the pilot drew one with horns - (MO to Lieven? [date?]): There's a fluffy, woolly, shaggy Klingon animal called a {DI'raq}, similar to a sheep. To distinguish, one can say {tera' DI'raq} the first time it comes up, but probably shorten it to just (DI'raq} after that. A male sheep, that is, a ram, is called {DI'raq loD}. It's two words. Kin terms (like {puqloD} and {lorloD}) are set terms, regular vocabulary items. For animals, Klingon doesn't have special words for male vs. female. That is, English has ram (male), ewe (female), sheep (both/either), but Klingon has only an equivalent for sheep – no separate word for ram or ewe. If it's necessary to specify sex/gender, it's done using the noun-noun construction. bolmaq [hyena??] - (Keith R.A. DeCandido's novel "Klingon Empire: A Burning House"): An animal native to the planet Boreth that makes a bleating sound and tends to run around in circles a lot. - (Felix, 7/25/2016): Also, according to DeCandido, the {bolmaq} is more similar to a hyena than a sheep. I believe I asked this question in connection with the Minecraft translation ghugh vocalize (by animals) (v) -- Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons Please contribute relevant vocabulary or notes from the last year or two. I’ve fallen woefully behind in updating my files.