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

Steven Boozer sboozer at uchicago.edu
Thu Jan 15 09:06:04 PST 2026


Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, January 15, 2026

Klingon word: tlhechwI'
Part of speech: noun
Definition: investigator
Source: qepHom 2024
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AFAIK not used in a sentence.  

SEE:
tlhech  		investigate (v) (qepHom 2024) 
  - The request for this word was: "As what Sherlock Holmes does, or a police detective. Includes searching for details and proofs, combining information to get to a conclusion."

Note Andrew D. Miller's 2025 translations of Arthur Conan Doyle's  _A Scandal in Bohemia_ {cheSqa' tuHmoHwI''a'}  and _The Red-Headed League_  {jIb Doq yej'an}  :

https://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Klingon-Scandal-Bohemia/dp/3911787014?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER  

https://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Klingon-Red-Headed-League/dp/3911787049/ and https://klingonisch.de/webshop/buecher/sherlock-holmes-in-klingon-the-red-headed-league/  

with cover images, links to sample pages in Klingon and English.

SEE ALSO:
nej 		look for, seek, search for (v)
nuD 		examine, look at, inspect (v)
ghoch 		track (down) (v)
Sam 		locate [seek & find] (v)
poj  		analyze (v)

--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons




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