Klingon word: gheD Part of speech: noun Definition: prey Source: KGT _______________________________________________ QotDI' gheD tlhejbe' wamwI' The hunter does not lie down with the prey. (TKW) gheDlIj DaHoHHa'pu' moratlh 'ej gheDDaj charghHa' molor Morath, you failed to kill your prey / So will Molor fail to conquer his (PB) LANGUAGE NOTES: (msn.onstage.startrek.expert.Okrand 6/29/1997): {DaHjaj} also behaves as a noun (as opposed to an adverbial element) in such noun-noun constructions as {DaHjaj gheD} "today prey" or "today's prey", a term often heard in Klingon restaurants with a meaning comparable to "catch of the day." CULTURAL NOTES: (KGT 100ff.): In some restaurants, the menu (HIDjolev) is posted (seldom are individual copies available), but in most, the patrons know the regular fare and ask about specials, including the {DaHjaj gheD} (literally, "today's prey"), a dish whose components depend on what animals the restaurant's hunters were able to bring in. (Bill Willmerdinger < MO at BabelCon 2 [4/1997]) a {toQ} is an avian predator on the Homeworld whose closest Terran analog would be a bird of prey. The {norgh} is a dangerous, shark-like sea predator. (cf. SAREK, the novel by A.C. Crispin for which Okrand provided a few words) SEE ALSO: wamwI' hunter (n) chon hunt (n) tev prize (n) wam hunt (v) nej look for, seek, search for (v) ghoch track [down] (v) Sam locate; seek and find (v) von trap, entrap, ngel attract, lure (v) -- Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons Please contribute relevant vocabulary from recent qep’a’mey or qepHommey. I’ve fallen woefully behind in updating my files.