Klingon word: neqjung Part of speech: noun Definition: contact, encounter, rendezvous Source: qep'a' 28 [2021] _______________________________________________ (qep’a’ 2021): The noun counterpart to {ghom}. It would be used in phrases such as {neqjung wa'DIch} "first contact”. TREK NOTES: The Vulcan survey ship T'plana-Hath made first contact with Earth after detecting the warp field of Zefram Cochrane's experimental craft Phoenix, landing at his launch site, an abandoned nuclear missile site at Bozeman, Montana on April 5th, 2063. (ST:FC) Earth's first contact with the Klingons occurred in 2151 when official courier Klaang crash landed on Earth in Broken Bow, Oklahoma in 2151 - where he was shot by a farmer - and was returned to Kronos by the Enterprise. Linguist Hoshi already knew some of the Klingon dialects, probably from a shared Vulcan database. (ENT "Broken Bow I-II") First contact with Ventax II was made in 2297 by a Klingon expedition. (TNG "Devil's Due') SEE ALSO: qep meeting (n) Sum Zoom [videochat app] (n) ghom meet, encounter, assemble, rendezvous (v) qIH meet [for the first time] (v) lIH introduce (v) pIH expect (v) -- 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.