[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: qelI'qam

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon word:   qelI'qam
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition:     kellicam

As used in canon:

vaghvatlh qelI'qam 
[Five hundred kellicams. (untranslated)] ST3

chorghSaD qelI'qam HIvchuq'e' vInoH 
Estimating attack range in 8,000 kellicams. ST5

The kellicam is a unit of measure roughly equal to 2 km. (cf. Star Trek Encyclopedia).

Attack (firing) range for a 23rd century B'rel-class Bord-of-Prey is approximately 1500 kellicams. (ST3)

Related words:

loghqam	unit of measure (1.25 light years)
'uj'a'  	unit of linear measure (app. 3.15 m.)
'uj		unit of linear measure (34.83 cm.)


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons