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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, December 08, 2015
> 
> Klingon word: tlhol
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: be raw, be unprocessed

tlhol 
It is raw. KLS

reH tlhol'a' tlhIngan Soj 
Is Klingon food always raw? CK

yIntaHbogh tlhIngan Soj tlhol jablu'DI' tIvqu'lu' 
Klingon food is best when served fresh and live. S21


KGT 84:  The lack of time or absence of food-preparing facilities--for example, while on a lengthy hunt--is no impediment to having a good meal. A larger animal may be sliced into pieces or a section of a plant may be broken off. This food is often described as {Soj tlhol} ("raw, unprocessed food"), as opposed to {Soj vutlu'pu'bogh} ("food that someone has prepared"). What makes the food {tlhol} is not that it has not been heated but rather that no one has done anything to it; thus, "unprocessed" might be a better translation than "raw". On the other extreme is {Soj qub}--literally "rare food, uncommon food" but used as the Klingon equivalent of haute cuisine, food usually served only on the most formal of occasions.

KGT 85:  Other than that which is served alive, the best meat is {ghoQ} (fresh, just killed). A vegetable or fruit that is {baQ} (fresh, just picked, just fallen off the plant), on the other hand, is not as favored as one that is {DeH} (ripe, though overripe might be closer to the mark) or even {QaD} (dry, dried out).


SEE ALSO:
nIt 		be plain, be pure, be uncorrupted, be unsullied (n)
watlh 	be pure (v)
non 		be rotton (v)
vut 		prepare food (v)


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons