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Re: Klingon WOTD: cham (n)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: cham (n)
• Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 15:49:59 -0500
• In-reply-to: <[email protected]>

>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Saturday, July 10, 2004.
>
>Klingon word:   cham
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition:     technology
>
>Additional Notes: KGT.

   For example, {chab chu'} (literally, "new pie") is another way
   to say "new invention" or "latest innovation". This is no doubt
   because the Krotmag pronunciation of {chab} ("pie:) is {cham},
   the same as the word for "technology".  (KGT 21-22)

>Canon: S33
>
>{So'wI'}
>{Hoch tlhIngan DujDaq So'wI' jomlu'.  puvlaHbogh Duj ngabmoHlaw' 
>So'wI'.  boq lucherDI' tlhIngan wo' romuluS Hov wo' je So'wI' cham Soqpu' 
>tlhIngan wo' chaq tampu'.  chaq romuluSnganpu'vaD pIvghor cham lunobpu' 
>tlhInganpu'.  HoS law'qu' natlhmo' So'wI' QaptaHvIS So'wI' QaplaHbe' 
>nuHmey.  ngongmeH wa' DujDaq nuHmey nISbe'bogh So'wI' jomlu'pu'.  HovpoH 
>Hut vagh cha' wa' vI' jav Dujvam 'aghlu'pu' 'ach Qaw'lu'pu'.}
>
>Cloaking Device
>All Klingon vessels are equipped with a cloaking device, allowing the ship 
>to fly in a state of practical invisibility.  Cloaking technology was 
>gained through an alliance with the Romulan Star Empire, possibly in 
>exchange for Warp Drive technology.  Due to the tremendous energy drain of 
>a cloaking device, weapons cannot be discharged while the cloak is in 
>operation.
>[On stardate 9521.6 this ship was demonstrated but it was destroyed.]

No other examples in canon.

Note the related word {chamwI'} "technician".  There is no known verb *{cham}.

Cf. also {luch} "equipment, gear" and {'aH} "paraphernalia".



-- 
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons 

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