[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: lutlh

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon word:   lutlh
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition:     be primitive

AFAIK never used in canon.

Trek trivia:

"The most ancient and primitive of the Klingon weapons is the {jeqqIj}, the club or bludgeon." (KGT 65) 

Inhabited by humanoids, Organia's primitive society rates Class D-minus on the Richter scale of culture. There has been no development of Organia's culture in tens of thousands of years. "This is not a primitive society making progress towards mechanization." (Spock, "Errand of Mercy")

In 2267 Klingon agent Krell advised the village people on the manufacture of primitive flintlocks in their conflict with the hill people on the planet Neural. (TOS "A Private Little War")

Sigma Draconis III rated B on the industrial scale and 3 on the technology scale (equivalent to Earth year 1485); Sigma Draconis IV had an industrial rating of G (ca. Earth year 2030); Sigma Draconis VI was a very primitive glaciated world. (TOS "Spock's Brain")

Related verbs:

tay 		be civilized
Hach 	be developed (e.g. a civilization)
'Itlh 	be highly developed, be advanced


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons