Klingon word: ja'chuq Part of speech: verb Definition: discuss, confer Source: TKD _______________________________________________ (TKD 65): The verb is made up of {ja'} "tell", {-chuq} "each other"; thus, confer is "tell each other." ja'chuqmeH rojHom neH jaghla' The enemy commander wishes a truce (in order) to confer. TKD [(source?): MO indicates that {ja'chuqmeH} is part of the object, not a purpose clause that modifies the whole sentence (cf. TKD 64-5)] maja'chuqjaj? [Uhh...] Can we talk? PK 'uQ wISoppu'DI' maja'chuq We will talk after dinner. PK quv HIja'chuqQo' Don't speak to me of honor. PB (De’vID < MO, 10/14/2020): I think rather than clarification it requires revision. I think the verb {ja'chuq}, glossed in TKD as "discuss, confer", was used inappropriately here. The "discuss" that {ja'chuq} is used for is when there are two (or more) people talking to each other, a back-and-forth conversation. In the sentence in the paq'batlh, no discussion of this kind is going on. Molor is just telling Kahless not to do something; Kahless doesn't come back with a counterargument. Since there's no discussing (or conferring) going on, {ja'chuq} is the wrong verb.” ja'chuq Dalopchu'. Qang Damoj. Complete the Rite of Succession to become chancellor. MKE (Lawrence Schoen, qep'a' 2008, Okrand asked Maltz about how to say "digress"): He wasn't aware of a single word for that, but he said there's a commonly used phrase: {DoS chIl}. So "I digress" would be {DoS vIchIl}. And so on. SEE: ja'chuq ancient part of the Klingon Rite of Succession (n) SEE ALSO: qel consider (v) ghoH argue, dispute (v) ngach debate (v) Sutlh negotiate (v) pon persuade, convince (v) yu' interrogate (v) -- Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons Please contribute relevant vocabulary or notes from the last year or two. I’ve fallen woefully behind in updating my files.