tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Mar 24 18:36:13 1996

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Re: "Suq chIm"?

>
>I've just seen the ST:TNG episode "Parallels", in which Worf asks Troi
>to be what sounded like "Suq chIm" to his son, a relationship which he
>described in Federation as "surrogate mother".  TKD suggests several
>possible readings of the word, but the only one whose meaning is at all
>plausible ("SoS chIm") definitely has a second consonant different from
>what I heard.  Is the correct reading known?
>
>    SoS chIm        empty mother
>    Surchem         force field
>    Su' chIm        ready! be empty!
>    Sut chIm        empty clothing
>    SuchIm          you are empty
>    SoQ chIm        empty speech
>

IMHO, it's SoS chen  to take the form of the mother.

tevram

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