[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: boq'egh

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, March 31, 2025

Klingon word: 	boq'egh
Part of speech: 	verb
Definition: 	used in math for multiplication
Source: 		HQ:v9n3p10
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Literally "ally with oneself".

(HQ 9.3)  Used in math for multiplication:  2 × 3 = 6 {cha'logh boq'egh wej; chen jav} "twice, three allies with itself, six forms";  the multiplier and multiplicand may be reversed:  3 × 2 {wejlogh boq'egh cha'}, "three times, two allies with itself" 

HoSHal ghajchugh vay', mI' naghmey tIronmoH. wa'maHlogh boq'egh mI'
  naghmey; chen qav'ap. ghajwI'vaD qav'ap yIDIl. 
If [energy source is] owned, throw dice and pay owner a total ten times
  amount shown.  (MKE)

Duj ghajchugh vay', cha'logh boq'egh qav'ap motlh; chen qav'ap le'. 
  ghajwI'vaD qav'ap le' yIDIl. 
If [ship is] owned, pay owner twice the rental to which they are 
  otherwise entitled.  (MKE)

pIraqSIS HoS waw' ghajlu'chugh, loSlogh boq'egh mI' naghmey mI'; 
  chen qav'ap 
If Praxis Energy Facility is owned, rent is 4 times amount shown 
  on dice.  (MKE)

SEE:
boq  			ally / form an alliance with (v) [used for addition]
boqHa'  		dis-ally / dissociate from (v) [used for subtraction]
boqHa''egh  		dis-ally / dissociate from oneself (v) [used for division]

SEE ALSO:
SIm  			calculate (v)
chel 			add (v)
togh 			count (v)

mI' 			number (n)
mI'QeD  		mathematics (n)
wItte' 			mathematical equation (n)

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons