tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Nov 26 10:55:38 1999
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Re: Klingon WOTD: baQ (v)
: Klingon word: baQ
: Part of Speech: verb
: Definition: be fresh, just picked
:
: Additional Notes:
: KGT. Said of a fruit or vegetable.
"the verb {baQ} ... applies only to fruit or vegetables" (KGT p.190)
{baQ} is in contrast to {tlhol} "be raw", which can describe other types of
food, or food in general. Cf. KGT (p. 84):
"This food is often described as {Soj tlhol} (raw, unprocessed food),
as opposed to {Soj vutlu'pu'bogh} (food that someone has prepared).
What makes the food {tlhol} is not that it has not been heated but
rather that no one has done anything to it; thus, 'unprocessed'
might be a better translation than 'raw'."
reH tlhol'a' tlhIngan Soj?
Is Klingon food always raw? (CK)
yIntaHbogh tlhIngan Soj tlhol jablu'DI' tIvqu'lu'
Klingon food is best when served fresh and live. (S21)
Related vocabulary:
watlh "be pure"
chu' "be new"
non "be rotten"
ngIm "be putrid"
tlhorgh "be pungent (food)"
rogh "ferment"
ragh "decay"
"Almost as common as food that has been soaked in a marinade is food
that has been set aside to {rogh} (ferment). It is important to
distinguish {rogh} from {ragh} (decay). Food that has decayed
({raghpu'bogh Soj}, or more succinctly, {Soj non}--rotten food) is
food that has become inedible and must be thrown away, though it is
sometimes given to animals." (KGT p. 91)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons