Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, September 05, 2019 Klingon word: yejHaD Part of speech: noun Definition: institute, institution - larger than yej'an _______________________________________________ tlhIngan Hol yejHaD Datoy'mo' pInaD Because you serve the Klingon Language Institute, we commend you. (KLI's FMC) (HQ 4.4:11): The most general word for school (a place for learning) is {DuSaQ}. A specialized school, perhaps translatable as academy, is {'ampaS}. An organization dedicated to scholastic pursuits or research is a {yejHaD} "institute" or "institution" or a {yej'an} "society". The distinction between {yejHaD} and {yej'an} is not clear, though the former is usually - but not always - used for larger organizations. It is not known whether the first syllable of these words ({yej}) is {yej} "council, assembly", but there could be some historic connection. Lawrence Schoen reported that when he told Marc Okrand of some people's quibbles regarding the legitimacy of {yejHaD}, "he laughed and suggested that surely the KLI is a very ancient and venerable institution, whose name goes back to an earlier dialect!" SEE: tlhIngan Hol yejHaD Klingon Language Institute *tlhIngan Hol yejHaD DevwI''a' (untranslated) [i.e. Lawrence Schoen] (KLI's FMC) *tlhIngan Hol yejHaD pIn KLI Director (KLI website) *DaH Hol yejHaD Modern Language Association (KLI website) *Sov yejHaD Institute of Knowing (GIL) [equivalent of the Vulcan Academy of Science] SEE ALSO: HaD study (v) Qul study (v) ghoj learn (v) Qulpa' research lab (n) Qoyje' certificate, diploma (n) [cf. the KLI "Friend of Maltz Certificate" (KLI's FMC) for an example] -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons