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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, May 13, 2014
> 
> Klingon word: ngat
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: herbed granulated cartilage (for food preparation)

KGT 89f.:  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); for example, {wamwI' mIl'oD} (hunter's sabre bear).

KGT 93:  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.

Similar words:

ngat  	gunpowder (n)
jorwI' 	explosive (n)
jor 		explode (v)



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