tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Nov 21 09:04:19 2007
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Re: Klingon WOTD: choH (noun)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Wednesday, November 21, 2007.
>
>Klingon word: choH
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: change
choH lISbogh Hap'e': cha'pujqut
Reaction Moderating Element - Crystalline Dilithium (KBoP)
Related nouns:
{choHwI'} "thing which alters [something]"
{HoS choHwI'} transtator
{woj choHwI'} reactor ("thing which alters radiation")
>Homonyms:
> choH (verb) - alter, change
Used in canon:
DaH Heraj yIchoH
Alter your course now. (ST5 notes)
HIvHe yIchoHmoH
Alter the attack course! ST5
ghopDu' choHpu' Qe'
The restaurant has altered hands. KGT
Discussed by Okrand:
KGT p.106-7: By the same token, literally translating a sentence such as
"The restaurant changed hands" into Klingon, presumably as {ghopDu' choHpu'
Qe'} ("The restaurant has altered hands") or perhaps {ghopDu' tampu' Qe'}
("The restaurant has exchanged hands"), does not tell the Klingon that the
restaurant is now under new ownership, which is what the Federation
Standard phrase really means.
Related verbs:
{tam} "substitute"
Cf. also the Type 3 verb suffix {-choH} "change in state/direction".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons