Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, June 26, 2017

Klingon word: chal Part of speech: noun Definition: sky

'o meQ qul! 'o meQ chal! (KCD, opening of qul tuq) qaS jajlo', wovchoH chal Then dawn lights the surroundings (PB) chalDaq DapawmeH wutlhDaq bInejnIS To reach the heavens, you must seek underground (PB) jachtaHvIS je chal luSIch beychaj [translation not available] (PB) SEE: chalqach tower (n) logh chal je 'angweD planetarium (n) logh chal je 'angweD qach planetarium (building) (n) SEE ALSO: lay air (technical term) (n) rewve' air (everyday word) (n) muD atmosphere (n) SuS wind (n) SIp gas (n) 'eng cloud (n) TREK TRIVIA: The 23rd-century love song "Beyond Antares" begins: "The skies are green and glowing where my heart is..." (sung by Uhura in TOS "The Conscience of the King" and TOS "The Changeling") In the TNG episodes the sky of Qo'noS as seen from orbit was usually a blue-green color - {SuD} - so heavily overcast that geographical features weren't visible. Cf. John Ford's Klingon proverb: "If there are gods, they do not help, and justice belongs to the strong: but know that all things done before the naked stars are remembered." (TFR [1984], p. 23 et passim) (qurgh, qep'a' 2016): For a cloudy day, [Okrand] used {jul So' 'eng} ("clouds hide the sun") or {jul tlhoDmoH 'eng} ("clouds filter the sun") ... depending on just how cloudy things are. -- Voragh tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a' Ca'Non Master of the Klingons