Klingon word: pol Part of speech: verb Definition: keep, save _______________________________________________ nuqDaq yuch Dapol Where do you keep the chocolate? (TKD) pollaH pagh polHa'laH can either keep it or discard it (KGT) (KGT 116f.): This is a way to say "The matter is unimportant" or "It does not make any difference". The phrase is usually used in response to someone who expresses a concern about something, and the it in the translation refers to the matter under discussion. It is sometimes phrased in terms of the speaker, as in {vIpollaH pagh vIpolHa'laH} ("I can either keep it or I can discard it"), or the listener, as in {DapollaH pagh DapolHa'laH} ("You can either keep it or you can discard it"). Soj polmeH pa' food storage [locker/compartment] (KBoP) polmeH jav QujwI' lIwmey 6 collectible tokens (MKE) chaw'vam yIpol 'ej SIbI'Ha' yIlo' pagh 'oH yImech This card may be kept until needed or traded. (MKE) (qepHom 2021 Q & A ): MO: Make use of the verb {ngeq} "store, hoard, cache". When referring to memorizing something or knowing something by heart, the usual expression is along the lines of ghuQ ngeqpu' qawwIj "I've memorized the poem" (literally "my memory has stored the poem"). Q: Can this verb be used to store food, or different things? We do have the term for "food storage" {Soj polmeH pa'}. MO: There's a subtle difference between {ngeq} and {pol}. The act of moving or putting things somewhere to store them is {ngeq}; just keeping them there is pol. So if I see you putting the groceries into the food storage room, I can say {Soj Dangeq}. If I visit your house and snoop around and see food already in the storage room, I might make an observation and say {Soj Dapol}. In many cases, of course, the distinction is minor or irrelevant, so either word could be used. For memorizing, {ngeq} is the word in the idiom even though, once the poem or whatever is memorized, {pol} might make more sense. Maltz didn't know why. Q: Can this verb be used in the computer meaning sense? To "save"/"store" a file on a disk? MO: Yes. Both words can. SEE: polHa' discard (v) SEE ALSO: ngeq store, hoard, cache (v) leH maintain (v) ngaS contain (v) choq preserve (v) toD save, rescue (v) woD throw away (v) lon abandon (v) choS desert (v) vuj expel, eject (v) DeSwar closet, cupboard, cabinet, fixed storage device (n) nu’Qan alcove (n) -- Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons Please contribute relevant vocabulary from recent qep’a’mey or qepHommey. I’ve fallen woefully behind in updating my files.