Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, June 15, 2019
Klingon word: 'uch
Part of speech: verb
Definition: hold, grasp
Source: KGT
Are there *two* entries for {'uch} in KWOTD? We just had this one less than 3 months ago:
Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Klingon word: 'uch
Part of speech: verb
Definition: grasp
Source: qep'a' 24
The additional information revealed at {qep'a'} 24 (2017) is that {'uch} can be used in a weapons context to mean "locking on a target": {DoS 'uchta'} "he/she locked on the target".
It was also revealed at the next {qep'a'} (2018) that {'uch} can take {'olQan} as its object, in which case the expression is often translated as "occupy" or "take up" (space).
These are obviously meant to be applications of the same verb, but if the weapons-related meaning were to have a separate entry (which it does in {boQwI'}), it should be something like "lock on (a target)". The definition "grasp" is already in KGT.
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