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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: chovnatlh
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Wed Oct 31 10:44:26 2012
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:44:12 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, October 31, 2012
>
> Klingon word: chovnatlh
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: specimen
AFAIK never used by Okrand, but is was used by the KLI for an issue of a magazine or journal; e.g.
jarvam chovnatlh
current issue (i.e. of Qo'noS QonoS) KLI
wen chovnatlh
past issues (i.e. of Qo'noS QonoS) KLI
Apparently derived from the verb {chov} "assess, evaluate, test":
luchovmeH 'oy'naQmey lo'
[Warriors] who test him with painstiks. S9
tlhIngan wo' yuQmey chovlu'chugh Qo'noS potlh law' Hoch potlh puS.
The principal planet of the Klingon Empire, Qo'noS... S27
Trek trivia:
In 2254 the Talosians kept a menagerie of thousands of specimens from various species collected from all over that part of the galaxy. (TOS "The Cage/The Menagerie, Pt. II)
"I've never encountered a specimen like you before." (Lt. Carolyn Palomis to Apollo, "Who Mourns for Adonais?")
Alpha 177 was the site of a geological survey mission; a landing party beamed down on a specimen gathering expedition. (TOS "The Enemy Within")
The alien Tan Ru probe's mission was to gather and sterilize soil samples as a prelude to colonization. (TOS "The Changeling")
Related words:
chov assess, evaluate, test (v)
tob test conclusively (v)
Daj test inconclusively (v)
nuD examine (v)
waH try out, test, use experimentally (v)
buv classify (v)
poj analyze (v)
gher formulate, compile, put together (v)
ghantoH model, example, pattern (n)
Segh race (type, sort, class), model (i.e. ship class) (n)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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