Klingon Word of the Day: cheb'a'
Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, March 04, 2020 Klingon word: cheb'a' Part of speech: noun Definition: unit of weight approximately 45-46.4 pounds/20.4-21.05 kg/9-9.28 cheb Source: This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh@kli.org).
Klingon word: cheb'a' Part of speech: noun Definition: unit of weight approximately 45-46.4 pounds/20.4-21.05 kg/9-9.28 cheb _______________________________________________ wejvatlh SochmaH vagh SaD cheb'a'mey ngI' Duj Mass: 8.7 KT. (BoP Poster) (charghwI' interviews Okrand in HQ): Unit of weight equal to 9 times a {cheb} [Does anyone have the exact HolQeD reference, i.e. which issue?] SEE: cheb cheb (n) (st.klingon 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 : (Felix, 7/26/2017): All in all, 1 {cheb} ≈ 2,34 kg seems a decent rule of thumb. SEE ALSO: ngI' have a weight of, weigh (v) ‘ugh be heavy (weight) (v) tIS be light (weight) (v) wa'lay mass (n) -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
(charghwI' interviews Okrand in HQ): Unit of weight equal to 9 times a {cheb}
[Does anyone have the exact HolQeD reference, i.e. which issue?]
You seem to be referring to this message: https://www.kli.org/tlhIngan-Hol/1999/February/msg00061.html Quote: <[Okrand] said in a co[n]versation 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.> It says that the information was revealed in a conversation related to a HolQeD interview, but not part of the interview itself. Furthermore, it's not stated explicitly that this is true for {cheb}, only that it's true for "most" units of measurement. But it seems sufficiently close to what you stated that it must be the origin of your slightly erroneous statement. -- De'vID
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