Today I received a message from Maltz regarding the way of talking about vaccines and vaccination. The message is archived on qepHom.de and in the Klingon Language Wiki. http://www.qephom.de/e/message_from_maltz_210228_vaccination.html http://klingon.wiki/Word/JavtImRaS-IS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Maltz thought that {javtIm raS'IS} could be used for "vaccine," adding that it's really a shortened form of {javtIm ngeb raS'IS} but, in context, nobody gets confused (except anti-vaxxers). Use of the term {raS'IS} is a holdover from ancient forms of medicine. This noun is typically the object of the verb {SIQ} when you talk about getting or receiving a vaccine. For administering the vaccine, you still hear the verb {poch}, as in {javtIm raS'IS poch Qel}. One could also say {javtIm raS'IS pochmeH Hergh QaywI' lo' Qel}. But it's more common to say simply {javtIm raS'IS Qay Qel}, since, in a medical context, the verb {Qay} normally implies that a {Hergh QaywI'} was involved. (As a side note: Maltz pointed out to me that the Klingon pronunciation of the word "zoom" would be {Sum}, which is an apt name for the app.) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://www.tlhInganHol.com http://klingon.wiki/Word/JavtImRaS-IS