Klingon word: tlhavqop Part of speech: noun Definition: punctuation Source: qep'a' 26 [2019] _______________________________________________ (qep’a’ 2019): A slang expression is {ghewmey}. {tlhavqop} is inherently plural, but you can say {tlhavqop ngutlh(mey)" "punctuation mark(s)”. (SuStel, 8/16/2019): So far as I know, no one has ever written a popularly accepted Klingon style guide of punctuation, and even if someone had, it would be a prescriptive style guide only, not a rule. That said, here are my suggestions. I usually reserve commas for separating purpose and subordinate clauses from other clauses if they are complex enough to be potentially confusing, and for separating items in a conjunction of three or more items (and please include an Oxford comma!). I might use one to separate a time expression from what comes after it if it's unclear where the one ends and the next begins. Occasionally I'll use a comma to separate a quotation from a verb of speech, though my approach to the punctuation of this has never settled down. (I am currently not in favor of always using full quotation marks around the quotation.) I tend to use semicolons between closely related sentences that have no verbal link between them (e.g., {'uSDaj chop; chev}). I recommend keeping punctuation to a minimum: use no more than necessary to remove any awkward spots in a text. Don't use it to show verbal pauses. (If you must show verbal pauses, only do so when reporting dialogue, and use an ellipsis.) SEE ALSO: vI' decimal point (n) DoD mark (in coordinates) (n) ngutlh letter, written character, glyph (n) -- 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.