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>:

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)