Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, June 25, 2023 Klingon word: choH Part of speech: verb Definition: alter, change _______________________________________________ DaH Heraj yIchoH Alter your course now. (ST5 notes) HIvHe yIchoHmoH Alter the attack course! (ST5) tlhIngan choHlu' rIntaH The Klingon's transition was complete. (PB, i.e. after Lukara stabbed & killed him) (KGT 106-7): By the same token, literally translating a sentence such as "The restaurant changed hands" into Klingon, presumably as {ghopDu' choHpu' Qe'} ("The restaurant has altered hands") or perhaps {ghopDu' tampu' Qe'} ("The restaurant has exchanged hands"), does not tell the Klingon that the restaurant is now under new ownership, which is what the Federation Standard phrase really means. SEE: choH change, reaction (n) - choH lISbogh Hap'e': cha'pujqut Reaction Moderating Element - Crystalline Dilithium. KBoP - parmaq choH pagh teHqu', choH tu'DI' lajDaj. Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds (Sonnet 116) choHmoH alter/change (something) (v) - HIvHe yIchoHmoH Alter the attack course! (ST5) choHwI' thing which alters [something] (n) cha'puj choHwI' dilithium processor (n) Hap choHwI' replicator (n) HoS choHwI' transtator (n) Soj choHwI' food replicator (slang) (n) woj choHwI' reactor ("thing which alters radiation") (n) SEE ALSO: ghe' be transformed, transmuted, metamorphosed, totally altered (v) tam substitute (v) Dub improve (v) rach strengthen (v) lIS adjust (v) “The past was alterable. The past never had been altered.” (George Orwell, _1984_) -- Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons Please contribute relevant vocabulary from recent qep’a’mey or qepHommey. I’ve fallen woefully behind in updating my files.