Thanks for looking these up in the paq’batlh. Voragh From: tlhIngan-Hol [mailto:tlhingan-hol-bounces@lists.kli.org] On Behalf Of André Müller There is another example of {'av} used in the paq'batlh: vaj Suto'vo'qor lojmIt / Da'av. «Therefore, you will guard / The gate of Sto-vo-kor.» I don't know the page, unfortunately. - André 2016-10-31 20:00 GMT+01:00 Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu<mailto:sboozer@uchicago.edu>>: I’ve always thought {‘avwI’} “guard” is the best currently available word for a police officer in general. (No doubt in a militarized society like Kronos there are numerous specialized security services of which we know next to nothing.) Okrand certainly uses {‘avwI’} in a general sense, especially here: Qo'noSDaq paw cha' DIvI' beq. tlhIngan 'avwI' lughom. Two Federation crewmen arrive on Kronos. They meet a Klingon guard. (PK) Oddly we only have one example of the verb {‘av} “guard” AFAIK: molor chalqach 'avlu'bogh pIrmuS lupawta' they reach the base of Molor's guarded tower (PB)