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Re: Klingon WOTD: ngI' (verb)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: ngI' (verb)
• Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:35:20 -0500
• In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
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>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Tuesday, April 22, 2008.
>
>Klingon word:   ngI'
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition:     have a weight of, weigh

Used in canon:

   wejvatlh SochmaH vagh SaD cheb'a'mey ngI' Duj
   Mass: 8.7 KT  (KBoP)

Known Klingon units of weight are the {cheb} ("around five pounds [2.25 kg 
or so]") and the {cheb'a'} (equal to 9 times a {cheb}).  DloraH has a web 
page comparing {chebmey} to kilograms and pounds at 
<https://65.13.120.12:80/tlhIngan/cheb-uj.htm>https://65.13.120.12:80/tlhIngan/cheb-uj.htm 
.



--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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