[Tlhingan-hol] mu' chu': {Qoyje'} n. certificate

[Steven Boozer]

{yer ghajwI' chaw'} was used in Klingon Monopoly:

  cha'maH chorgh yer ghajwI' chaw' 'echletHommey
  28 Title Deed cards  (MKE)

FYI, known types of {chaw’mey}

  HIjmeH chaw'                        stamp (n) (TNK)
 Huch chaw'                            credit card (n) (TNK)
 leng chaw'                             passport  (n) (TNK)
 yer ghajwI' chaw'                   title deed (n) (MKE)
 'elmeH chaw'                         ticket (n) (WSC)

and some sentences:

  cha'puj vIngevmeH chaw' HInobneS
  Give me a permit to sell dilithium, your honor. (PK)

 nuqDaq chaw' vIje'
  Where can I buy a ticket? (TNK)

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

'elmeH chaw'mey je'lu'ta'bogh
  will-call tickets (WSC)

And we can now refer to the {matlh jupna’ Qoyje’} “Friend(s) of Maltz Certificate” which was issued by the KLI:

  DaHjaj matlh jupna' pIpong
  Today we name you a true friend of Maltz. (FMC)

--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons


From: De'vID [mailto:de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 7:07 AM


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Maltz tells me, though, that there is a word for certificate. It's Qoyje', and Maltz said it could be used for the kind of certificate you're talking about, but also for other things, such as a diploma. It can't be used for a license or a permit — that, of course, is chaw'. The difference is that a Qoyje' is proof or verification of some sort of achievement or accomplishment, but it doesn't necessarily allow you to do anything as a result of that. A chaw' shows that you are officially or legally allowed to do or get or own something.



Maltz said that *yer ghajwI' Qoyje' for "deed" might seem to make sense (rather than yer ghajwI' chaw'), but not from a Klingon legal perspective, since property ownership is granted by a government or other sort of authority — it's not an accomplishment (though those of us paying mortgages might feel otherwise).
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