Klingon word: chang'eng Part of speech: noun Definition: pair Source: BOP _______________________________________________ nISwI': cha' chang'engmey (telDaq lujomlu', nItebHa' lubaHlu') Disruptor - 2 Pairs (Wing Mounted, Fire Linked) [KBoP] tlhIngan chang'engvetlh that Klingon couple [ST5 DVD, extra "making of" feature] (De'vID < MO, 1/22/2016): {paSlogh} [socks] is an inherently plural noun, grammatically singular. {tu'mI'} the word for one sock. The usual way to say pair of socks is {paSlogh chang'eng}; {tu'mI' chang'eng} is odd, but if you said it, you'd be understood. (De'vID < MO, 1/22/2019): {qoch} ["partner"] is not the word for partner when referring to socks and gloves and the like. The word for that is {nelwI'}. With {nel}, the subject is one sock (or glove or shoe or whatever) of the pair and the object is the other. To talk about a sock (or glove or …) matching (that is fitting onto) a foot (or hand or …), use the verb {mey}: mumey waqmeywIj my shoes fit (literally, "my shoes fit me") torgh lumey waqmey the shoes fit Torg waqmeywIj vImey I fit my shoes PUN: famous brothers Chang and Eng were conjoined Siamese twins who toured the world at the turn of the 20th century. SEE ALSO: nel match, pair up, map onto (v) rur resemble (v) nIb be identical (v) rap be the same (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.