light, luminescence, illumination
word type:
noun, TKD chapter 3.
plural: This word is probably not countable.
Source
mailing list, January 26, 2018
First appeared in Klingon subtitles for Star Trek: Discovery.
Pun
Tom G. Smith, who worked for ILM visual effects in ST3
More Information
Note that "illumination" here does not mean "clarification, explanation, explication" or the like.
tamghay Hurgh ["dark light"] sounds odd to me for some reason. I think it would be tamghay wovHa', which perhaps could be translated as "dim light."
(Marc Okrand to Lieven L. Litaer Jan 29, 2018)
In Star Trek: Discovery, Lorca is not sensitive to light itself (otherwise he could only live in absolute darkness), what he is sensitive to is wovtaHghach, "light" in the sense of brightness.
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Definition of {tamghay}
from the Klingon Language Wiki:
https://klingon.wiki/Word/Tamghay
Retrieved 27 Mar 2023
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