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Re: Klingon WOTD: qegh (n)

Steven Boozer ([email protected]) [KLI Member] 

At 05:00 AM Friday 7/23/2004, you wrote:
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Friday, July 23, 2004.
>
>Klingon word:   qegh
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition:     vat, barrel
>
>Additional Notes:
>KGT, for storage of liquor.  Note pun ("keg").

Never used in a sentence.

As discussed by Okrand:

   A {bal} is any bottle or jug used to store liquid. Usually one
   will pour ({qang}) the drink directly from the {bal} into the
   {HIvje'}, but it is not considered uncivil to drink directly
   from the {bal}.  Ale [{wornagh}] is often stored in a large vat
   ({qegh}) rather than in a {bal}. [KGT 98-99]

Bloodwine is also transported and stored in metal barrels (DS9 "Apocalypse 
Rising", DS9 "Warriors of the Empire", etc.).

Cf. also {'Ib} "tub":

   The equipment needed for the preparation of Klingon food is rather
   minimal, consisting pretty much of pots or vats ... A square or
   rectangular tub used to hold food while it is fermenting is called
   a {'Ib}, and a cook's ever-present supply of {chanDoq} ("marinade")
   is kept in a large {bal} ("jug, jar, bottle").   [KGT 97]

and {ngaSwI'}, used for "bottle" in KCD (lit. "container"):

   The bartender nodded and before a moment passed he had returned
   with three bottles.  He sat them on the bar and pointed at each
   in turn.  "{ngaSwI' wej.  HIvje'mey.}"  [KCD novel, p.85f]

[Maybe the bartender's Klingon wasn't very good, but his Klingon customers 
understood him! <g>]




-- 
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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