qa'meH

replacement (permanent)

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

qʰɑʔmɛx

Sound out qa'meH letter by letter:

• qqʰk far back in the throat, aspirated
• aɑa as in 'father'
• 'ʔglottal stop, the catch in 'uh-oh'
• mmm as in 'moon'
• eɛe as in 'bed'
• Hxharsh h, as in Scottish 'loch' or German 'Bach'

• The Klingon term for a replacement proverb is qa'meH vIttlhegh. This is the only way to say replacement proverb currently, but in the past, the common term was the lengthier quvqa'meH vIttlhegh, literally, proverb for (the purpose of) being honored again. The word qa'meH, clearly a shortened form of quvqa'meH, was originally used only in the construction of qa'meH vIttlhegh, but, though historically two verb suffixes, it has become accepted as a noun in its own right, meaning replacement in the sense of something that takes over for or is used instead of something that is gone or that has been lost. It is not used for a temporary substitute or a stand-in; the word for that is lIw. [HolQeD-05-1 p.10]

• lIw — substitute, stand-in, temporary surrogate
• qa' — spirit
• tam — exchange, substitute, replace

HolQeD-05-1 p.10; KGT

Originally sourced from klingonska.org and enhanced by lingoXpress.