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

[Steven Boozer]

>> Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, November 23, 2012
>>
>> Klingon word: choq
>> Part of speech: verb
>> Definition: preserve[, save]
>> Source: TKD (83 KE, 147 EK, TKW 211)

As used in canon:

wo' choqmeH may' DoHlu'chugh lujbe'lu'
"ending a battle to save an empire is no defeat." TKW (p.211)

wo' ngay' bochoqmeH bowIvlu'pu'! 
You have been chosen to preserve the glory of the Empire! MKE

quvlIj vIchoq
"Your honor will be saved" PB (speaker unknown)

quljIb:
> qangvamDaq Huch choqlu'.  "One saves money in this building."
> Huch choqmeHghach qang.  "Building for saving money/bank (?)"

{pol} "keep, save, store" may be a better choice for keeping/saving money in a bank {beylI'}.  As used in canon:

nuqDaq yuch Dapol 
Where do you keep the chocolate? TKD

DapollaH pagh DapolHa'laH 
You can either keep it or you can discard it. KGT

Soj polmeH pa' 
food storage [locker/compartment] KBoP

polmeH jav QujwI' lIwmey 
6 collectible tokens  MKE

chaw'vam yIpol 'ej SIbI'Ha' yIlo' pagh 'oH yImech 
This card may be kept until needed or traded. MKE

There's also a third verb - {toD} "rescue, save" - which has never appeared in a sentence.  The distinction seems to be:

choq		save (preserve intact)
pol		save (keep/store for later use)
toD		save (rescue)


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons