Klingon word: cheb Part of speech: noun Definition: unit weight approx. 5 pounds (2.25kg) Source: Okrand on MSN _______________________________________________ (st.k [MSN] 10/22/1997): A common unit of weight is {cheb}, which is around five pounds (2.25 kg or so). Felix Malmenbeck recalculated the conversion: “All in all, 1 cheb ≈ 2,34 kg seems a decent rule of thumb.” (Felix, 7/26/2017) SEE: cheb'a' cheb'a (n) wejvatlh SochmaH vagh SaD cheb'a'mey ngI' Duj Mass: 8.7 KT. (KBoP) (charghwI’, 12/1999): “[Okrand] said in a conversation surrounding but not in the HolQeD interview that most units of measure had alternate forms [with] {-'a'} added to mean "9 times", so that one {'uj'a'} = 9 {'ujmey}.” Cf. klingonska.org: http://klingonska.org/dict/?q=cheb and http://klingon.wiki/En/Measurements SEE ALSO: wa'lay mass (n) 'uj *uj* (unit of linear measure, approx. 35 cm.) (n) ngI' have a weight of, weigh (v) juv measure (v) ‘ugh be heavy (v) tIS be light (weight) (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.