I’m surprised I didn’t as well. We even have an unofficial example from Hamlet: 'ej, pIvmo', wovqu'taHvIS wuqbogh qab, 'oH ropmoH rIntaH Sotbogh qech ghom Hurgh. "And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought." [TKH, Hamlet’s soliloquy (Act III Scene 1?)] GORKON: You have never experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon. [ST6: The Undiscovered Country] -- Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons From: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol-bounces@lists.kli.org> On Behalf Of De'vID On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 at 17:52, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu<mailto:sboozer@uchicago.edu>> wrote: Klingon word: Sotlaw' Part of speech: noun Definition: distress call _______________________________________________ PUN: "shout loud"? SEE ALSO: ghum [sound an] alarm (v) QaH help, aid (v) rIS make a cracking/snapping sound; signal, emit a signal (v) Se' frequency (n) rI'Se' hailing frequency (n) 'evnagh Se' subspace radio (n) ghum alarm (n) rISwI' transponder (sonar) (n) HablI' data transceiving device (n) QumwI' communicator (n) chaDvay' radio frequency (n) wab HevwI' radio (n) (TNK) wab labwI' radio service, broadcaster, radio transmitter (n) I'm surprised you didn't mention the verb {Sot}: "be distressed, be in distress". Folk etymology: I imagine that when Klingons started signalling for help, whomever saw the signals said {Sotlaw'} "he/she is/they are apparently in distress", and over time, this expression became frozen as a noun referring to the signal itself.