[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: Say'qu'

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon word:   Say'qu'
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition:     be sterile
 
Presumably derived from {Say'qu'moH} "sterilize" (KGT < HQ 1.3:9 < veS QonoS).  AFAIK never used in canon.

Related words:

Say'  			be clean (v)
Say'moH  			wash (v)
Say'qu'moH 		sterilize (v)
Say'moHwI' tlhagh  	soap (n)

  DaH jIbwIj vISay'nISmoH 
  I must wash my hair now. PK

  yoHbogh matlhbogh je SuvwI' Say'moHchu' may' 'Iw 
  The blood of battle washes clean the warrior brave
  and true. (Anthem)

More related words:

lamHa'choHmoH 		get something cleaned (v)
lam 				be dirty (v)


Cleanliness in Trek:

TKW 35:  The negative associations with water might also be seen when Worf remarked to Counselor Deanna Troi, "Swimming is too much like bathing."

KGT 91:  The verb {HaH} [...] is now often used in the more general sense of "soak, drench". It is frequently heard in the reflexive form ({HaH'egh} "soak oneself") in reference to such activities as drinking a great deal, which has positive connotations, and bathing, an occasional undertaking with negative connotations.

STE 124:  the *Hegh'bat* ... called for the eldest son of the celebrant, or a trusted friend, to deliver a ritual knife to the warrior, who would impale himself in the chest. The son of friend would then remove the knife and wipe it on his sleeve.

The alien Tan Ru probe's original mission was to gather and sterilize soil samples as a prelude to colonization. By 2267 Nomad's new mission was to seek out and sterilize imperfect biological infestations (life forms). (TOS "The Changeling")


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons