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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon word:   'atlhqam
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition:     type of fungus
 
Never used in a sentence.

KGT 92:  One way to bring fermentation about is to mix the food with a fungus (known as {'atlhqam}) usually scraped off the bottom of certain animals' feet, though it also grows on trees.

And on Earth, apparently on the ground: cf. {tera' yav 'atlhqam} "mushrooms" (TNK).

PUN:
"athlete's foot"!

Related words (sort of):

butlh 	dirt under fingernails
quHvaj 	dandruff
HuH 		bile, gall, slime


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons