tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Dec 30 12:11:58 2000
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Re: Klingon WOTD: tIr (n)
: Klingon word: tIr
: Part of Speech: noun
: Definition: grain
Never used by Okrand in a sentence, but mentioned passim in KGT:
"if [the meat] is fresh, the 'cook' may {pID} it, which involves coating
it with herbed granulated cartilage (not necessarily from the same animal)
mixed with some kind of {tIr} (grain) and doing very little else. The
name of the granulated cartilage is {ngat}, which has also come to mean
'gunpowder.' Meat prepared in this way is sometimes described as {wamwI'
Ha'DIbaH} (hunter's meat), but the specific animal name is usually used
instead of the word {Ha'DIbaH} (meat)" (KGT p.89f)
"A particularly popular dish, {tlhombuS}, requires that the cook coat a
block of {tlhagh} [animal fat] with a mixture of {ngat} (herbed granulated
cartilage) and {tIr} (grain) and then briefly immerse the block into the
already boiling fat, just until the coating hardens." (KGT p.93)
Related vocabulary includes the nouns {loSpev} "quadrotriticale" (a type of
four-lobed wheat). Also see {naH} "fruit/vegetable" (i.e. "any part of any
plant that is eaten" [KGT p.89]), {tI} "vegetation", as well as the verbs
{poch} "plant" and {yob} "harvest".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons