Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, October 01, 2022 Klingon word: muD Part of speech: noun Definition: weather (in general) Source: TKD _______________________________________________ yoq yIn yuQ 'oH Qo'noS'e'. yInSIp voQSIp je ngaS muDDaj. Qo'noS is a class-M planet with an oxygen/nitrogen atmosphere. S27 muDDaq 'eDSeHcha lulaQlu'bogh: jav Atmospheric Take-Off/Landing Thrusters – 6. KBoP jevqu'taHvIS muD ral, bejlI' parmaq. [While the violent atmosphere storms, love still watches.] (Sonnet 116) muDDaq neH muD Dujmey vorgh lu'orlu', 'ach loghDaq puvlaH Dujmey 'orbogh nuv 'e' 'agh X-wa'maH vagh. [the X-15] bridged the gap between human flight in the atmosphere and spaceflight. (NASM: X-15) ngI'chu' muD Atmosphere pressurization complete (DSC "The Butcher's Knife…") (HQ 2.4): The Klingon word for weather meaning the state of the atmosphere, is the same as the word for atmosphere itself, {muD}. When inquiring about specific weather conditions at a specific time and/or place, the expression {muD Dotlh} (literally, "atmosphere status") is used. (TKD 10): Unlike most speakers of English, who begin conversations with greetings, inquiries about the state of health of the conversants, and remarks about the weather, Klingons tend to begin conversations by simply stating the main points. (st.klingon 11/1997): Speakers who do this seem to be aware that they are breaking the rules, so they are doing it for rhetorical effect. (It has the same sort of feeling, perhaps, as if someone were to say in English … "It's lightninging and thundering outside"…) (qurgh, qep'a' 2017 < 7/29/2017): [For weather forecasts use {'aqlu'} "predict" (based on deductive reasoning or science] ... SIS 'e' 'aqlu', javmaH vatlhvI' DIch It is predicted it will rain, 60% certainty. SISbe' 'e' 'aqlu'law' It would appear that it will not rain. It seems that it will not rain. [Okrand] also checked with Maltz about why predicting the weather used {'e' -lu'} instead of {net} in the examples. He said that weather forecasts tend to use {'e' -lu'} over {net}, but {net} would not be wrong." PUN: "mud" or "mood" (mood lighting adds atmosphere) SEE: muD Duj airplane (n) muD ngeb [artificial atmosphere, ie. in a spaceship] (n) KBoP muD ‘umber climate (n) SEE ALSO: lay air [technical term] (n) rewve’ air [common term] (n) chal sky (n) SuS wind (n) SIp gas (n) SeS steam (n) 'eng cloud (n) pe'bIl lightning (n) 'umber ecosystem, environment (n) tuD thunder (weather verb) raw lightning (weather verb) jev storm (weather verb) SIS rain (weather verb) peD snow (weather verb) -- 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.