[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: tIH javmaH

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: tIH javmaH
Part of speech: noun
Definition: X-ray
Source: qep'a' 28 [2021]
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AFAIK not used in a sentence.

(qep'a' 2021):  Rays are identified by numbers (gamma ray, for example, is {tIH wej}).  Maltz didn't know where the specific numbers come from or what they might refer to.

PUN:  ???
Gamma is the third letter of the Greek alphabet.  Does anyone know what {javmaH] "sixty" might refer to?

SEE:
tIH  			shaft (of spear);  ray, energy beam (n)
luHwI' tIH  		tractor beam (n)
nISwI' tIH  		disruptor beam (n)

SEE ALSO:
mIllogh  		picture, image, (visual) depiction, drawing, etc. (n) 
mIllogh qonwI' 		camera (n)
mIllogh qonwI' qoSta' 	film (n)

tlhuD 			emit [energy, radiation] (v)
tlhoD  			be somewhat obscured, filtered, smudged, fuzzy (v) 
Dem 			be clear, transparent, uncolored (v)
qon			record, transcribe, etc. (v)

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons