[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: cheS (noun)

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: cheS
Part of speech: noun
Definition: *ches*, rabbit, type of animal
Source: qep'a' 23 [2016]
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{pIter cheS lut}
"The Tale of Peter Rabbit" (tr. by Ester Lüken; Egpyt Verlan, 2023 ; http://klingon.wiki/En/TheTaleOfPeterRabbit)

(MO to naHQun, 7/04/2016):  There's a Klingon animal that's sort of like a rabbit called a {cheS}.  So a rabbit on Earth would be, I guess, a {tera' cheS}, though, in context, {cheS} is good enough.  And a bunny, I supposed is a {cheSHom} or maybe {cheSoy}.

(naHQun, 5/05/2017):  . my children requested words for owl and bunny.  My son was told the word {cheS} before anyone else.  Marc then chose to reveal the word to everyone else during the qep'a' along with the other new words.  So there is a chance that the pun has nothing to do with the rest of the words on the Body Functions and Parts page.  There is also a chance that {cheS} breed like rabbits.

(qurgh, 7/2016):  Dr. Okrand noted that what prompted Maltz to come up with this word in this context was not clear.

PUN:  Roger Cheesbro (DloraH) + Roger Rabbit ?!

N.B.  Do not confuse with the geographical name {cheSqa'} Czech Republic.

SEE:
qogh 			ear [external] (n)

SEE ALSO:
QelIS boqHarmey  	"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
lIr  			a nocturnal bird" (HQ 10.4:4)
  - "There is already a word that can be used for owl.  It's {lIr}, which is some sort of Klingon nocturnal bird.  So an owl on Earth would be a {tera' lIr}... or just {lIr}." (MO 7/03/2016, via Michael Roney, Jr.)

TREK NOTES:
   "ALICE:  Character from the children's story, 'Alice in Wonderland'.  Alice appeared on the amusement park planet after Dr. McCoy, on a landing party there in 2267, mentioned the world looked like something out of that fanciful book." (STEnc [1994] p.5)  Alice was seen chasing the White Rabbit into some bushes.  [TOS "Shore Leave"]

"Next, we take the Alices on a trip through Wonderland."  [Kirk to Chekov, TOS "I, Mudd"]

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons