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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon word:   chech
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition:     be drunk, intoxicated

Never used in a sentence.

KGT 95:  Klingon drinks may be divided into two types: those with and those without an intoxicating effect - basically, those with and those without alcohol. [...] Any alcoholic beverage is called {HIq}. [...] many native Klingon alcoholic drinks have names that do not contain the word {HIq}. Among these are the very strong {chechtlhutlh} ("chech'tluth"). (The fact that {chechtlhutlh} seems to be made up of two verbs related to drinking - {chech} ["be drunk"] and {tlhutlh} ["drink"] - is no doubt coincidental.

KGT 83:  In fact, {vut} can also be used in reference to making a beverage, whether simply mixing ingredients together (such a putting cream in coffee) or starting from scratch (such as brewing ale). A Klingon food and/or beverage preparer is a {vutwI'} (for convenience, this will continue to be translated as "cook"). A bartender, on the other hand, is a {chom}.

Martok compared getting married to a war breaking out: "A long, grueling, intoxicating war." (DS9 "Strange Bedfellows")

Related words:

'uH 		have a hangover


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons