Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, May 15, 2017

Klingon word: qa'rI' Part of speech: noun Definition: end (of corridor, tunnel, conduit, Jeffries tube, sewer, road, bridge, long field, etc.) Source: HQ:v12n2p7

(HQ 12.2:7-8): For the end of a longish enclosed space that one is typically inside of or experiences from the inside, such as a corridor, tunnel, or conduit (say, a Jefferies tube or a branch of the sewers of Paris), a different word is used: {qa'rI'}. This is the only word; it's used for both (or all) ends. The open entryway leading into such a space is called a {DIn}. If there's a door there, it's referred to by the usual word for door, {lojmIt}. {qa'rI'} is also used for the end of bounded space which is seen as having length even if it is not enclosed space. Thus, it is used for the end of a road, the end of a bridge, the end of a long field. (Maltz didn't think it would mean much of anything to refer to the {qa'rI'} of a square field.) On the other hand, if a bridge is under construction and lies halfway across a river or gorge or freeway, it may be said to have a {megh'an} (or {'er'In}). One could, in theory, hang a sign or flag from the {megh'an} (or {'er'In}), but one could walk on this incomplete bridge only as far as the {qa'rI'}. AFAIK there's only one example used in a sentence: bIQtIq qa'rI'Daq pawDI' qeylIS qojDaq Qam bIngDaq Qo'noS botlh legh (PK) [translation wanting] PRIVATE PUN: At qep'a' wa'maHDIch (2003) Okrand confirmed that Kari is the mother of his twin nieces, Megan and Erin. SEE ALSO: chob corridor (n) 'och tunnel, conduit (n) QI bridge (n) tIq be long/lengthy/extended (of an object) (v) -- Voragh tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a' Ca'Non Master of the Klingons