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[ mɛq͡χ ]
Verb
English: burn, be on fire
German: brennen, verbrennen
Source: TKD (94 KE, 122 EK)
KLCP Level: 1
Notes

This verb appears to be able to be used to refer to the process of a subject burning an object and a subject that is burning:

meQtaHbogh qachDaq Suv qoH neH.
Only a fool fights in a burning house

If can also be used as an adjective:

Ha'DIbaHmey meQ Sop 'e' tIv tera'ngan
Terrans enjoy eating burnt animals

From KGT (p191-192):

meQ ("burn") / mIQ ("deep-fry")

to'waQ meQ vutwI'. ("The cook burns the tendon.")
to'waQ mIQ vutwI'. ("The cook deep-fries the tendon.")

The verb meQ is used several times in the paq'batlh. It's also been used several times previously, elsewhere. I presented Dr. Okrand with all of the usages of meQ and also several possible definitions corresponding to those usages: "burn, be on fire", "burn, cause to be on fire", "be burnt". He wrote that it would normally have the first definition (and thus meQmoH is needed to express setting something on fire). However, due to the influence of mIQ, meQ is used differently in the context of food preparation. Thus, you could say to'waQ meQ vutwI' "the cook burns the tendon" and Ha'DIbaHmey meQ "burnt animals", but not *juH qachDaj meQ "he burned his house" or *qach meQ "a burnt building" (I guess unless you're talking about someone who eats buildings as a part of their cuisine). The paq'batlh consistently uses meQ to mean "be on fire" and meQmoH to mean "set on fire".

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Usage for meQ
meQtaHbogh qachDaq Suv qoH neH.
Only a fool fights in a burning house.
Type: proverb - Source: TKW p.111
Ha'DIbaHmey meQ Sop 'e' tIv tera'nganpu'.
Terrans enjoy eating burnt animals.
Type: sentence - Source: Conversational Klingon
jIbDaj lumeQmoH
'ej bejtaHvIS
baS moj jIb
Caught his hair
And turned to steel
Before his eyes.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Ground Book
Sparks from the fire river
Caught his hair,
Caught his hair.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Ground Book
Molor did not destroy Kahless
By burning his house
Or ravaging his lands.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book
Morath knows he has been a fool,
His promised kingdom will be ash
By the time he claims the sword.
Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Ground Book
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