[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: tam

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon word:   tam
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition:     exchange, substitute

Used in canon:

boq lucherDI' tlhIngan wo' romuluS Hov wo' je So'wI' cham Suqpu' tlhIngan wo'. chaq tampu'. chaq romuluSnganpu'vaD pIvghor cham lunobpu' tlhInganpu'.
Cloaking technology was gained through an alliance with the Romulan Star Empire, possibly in exchange for Warp Drive technology. S33

cha'pujqutmey chIm lutamlu' 
Drained dilithium crystals are replaced. MKE

Language notes:

KGT 106-07:  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.

KGT 188:  Mispronunciation may turn dangerous, on the other hand, if one Klingon sound is substituted for another.


Related words:

choH 		alter, change (v)
nob 		give (v)
gheS 		assume duties of, take on responsibilities (v)

mech 		trade (v)
tlhong 	barter, bargain (v)

lIw 		substitute, stand-in, temporary surrogate (n)
qa'meH 	replacement [permanent] (n)


Don't confuse with {tam} "be quiet".


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons