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Re: Klingon WOTD: cha' (num)

Steven Boozer ([email protected]) [KLI Member] 


> > Klingon word:   cha'
> > Part of Speech: number
> > Definition:     two
> >
> > Canon:
> > PK
> > {cha'vatlh ben HIq vItlhutlh}
> > I will drink Two Century Old Ale.

Tyler quoted:
>{mulegh cha'}
>Two (of them) see me. (TKD)
>
>{taj DopmeyDaq nargh cha' tajHom.}
>Two small, secondary blades eject from the knife's sides... (SP2)
>
>{cha' vI' vagh choQmey lutoghlu'}
>Number of Decks: 2.5 (BoP)
>
>{(cha' choQmey naQ tu'lu' 'ej tep choQ bIngDaq lo' law' bID choQ tu'lu')}
>(2 Full Decks and a Half Utility Deck under the Cargo Deck) (BoP)
>
>{pIvchem lIngwI' DaHmey: cha'}
>Warp Field Generation Arrays - 2 (BoP)
>
>{pIvchem SeHwI': cha'}
>Warp Field Controller - 2 (BoP)
>
>{jabbI'ID pup: Qapchu'meH 'aqroS chuq: cha' vI' chorgh loghqammey}
>High Resolution - Maximum Effective Range - 3.5 Light Years (BoP)
>
>{nISwI' talmey: cha' (telDaq lujomlu')}
>Disruptor Cannon - 2 (Wing Mounted) (BoP)
>
>{nISwI': cha' chang'engmey (telDaq lujomlu', nItebHa' lubaHlu')}
>Disruptor - 2 Pairs (Wing Mounted, Fire Linked) (BoP)

Some more:

cha' tlhInganpu'
two Klingons CK

Qo'noSDaq paw cha' DIvI' beq
Two Federation crewmen arrive on Kronos. PK

cha' HIvje' tIqem
Bring two glasses! PK

He pagh-pagh-pagh-DoD-cha' yInab
Plot course zero-zero-zero, mark two. ST5

cha' DoSmey DIqIp
We hit two targets (idiom: We disagree.) KGT

cha'maH cha' joQDu'
twenty-two ribs
(idiom: used to indicate something is missing or not quite right, 
especially when it is difficult or impossible to explain the problem. 
Klingons have 23 ribs) KGT

naDev cha'maH cha' joQDu' tu'lu'
There are twenty-two ribs here (i.e. there is something out of the ordinary 
going on, even if no one can say exactly what) KGT

cha'maH cha' joQDu' ghaj qama'
The prisoner has twenty-two ribs (suggesting that the prisoner is somehow a 
bit strange) KGT

cha' qabDu'
two faces (idiom: means that two individuals are involved in some activity 
and no one else, "face-to-face" or "one-on-one") KGT

Suv cha' qabDu'
Two faces fight (i.e. "They are fighting one-on-one") KGT

wa'maH cha' pemmey wa'maH cha' rammey je
twelve days and twelve nights (idiom: "a long time") KGT

HovpoH Hut vagh cha' wa' vI' jav Dujvam 'aghlu'pu' 'ach Qaw'lu'pu'
[This ship was demonstrated on Stardate 9521.6 but it was destroyed. 
(untranslated)] S33

He wej pagh Soch DoD cha'
course 3-0-7-mark-2 (startrek.klingon 11/21/99)

cha' tup pIq
two minutes from now.  (HQ 8.3)

cha' tup ret
two minutes ago.  (HQ 8.3)

cha' vatlh DIS poH
two centuries.  (HQ 8.3)

cha' vatlh DIS ret
two centuries ago.  (HQ 8.3)

cha' vatlh ben
200 years ago. (HQ 8.3)

[I don't have them with me now, but can someone check:  Is {cha' vatlh} 
really written as two separate words in Okrand's HolQeD article?  My notes 
show that Okrand also wrote "{cha' vatlh ben HIq} "Two Century Old Wine 
({cha'} 'two,' {vatlh} 'hundred,' {ben} 'years ago,' {HIq} 'wine, 
liquor')"  on msn.onstage.startrek.expert.okrand (12/12/96).]





-- 
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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