'uj

uj (unit of length)

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

ʔud͡ʒ

Sound out 'uj letter by letter:

• 'ʔglottal stop, the catch in 'uh-oh'
• uuu as in 'boot'
• jd͡ʒj as in 'junk'

• wejvatlh loSmaH loS vI' vagh wej 'uj 'aD Duj Length: 120M [BoP]
• loSmaH jav vI' Soch loS 'uj 'ab meH Bridge Height: 16.28M [BoP]
• HIvtaHvIS toQDuj cha'vatlh wejmaH Soch vI' vagh chorgh 'uj 'ab 'oH Attack Formation Height: 82.75M [BoP]
• qughtaHvIS toQDuj HutmaH vI' jav wa' 'uj 'ab 'oH Cruise Formation Height: 31.56M [BoP]
• SaqtaHvIS toQDuj wa'vatlh loS vI' jav chorgh 'uj 'ab 'oH Landing Formation Height: 36.46M [BoP]

about 13¾″ or 35 cm

In KGT the words "linear measure" are used, but they have been changed to "length" here (for brevity and clarity).

More exactly one uj is 34.83 cm (as caculated from usage on BoP).

• 'uj'a' — big uj (unit of length)

1997-10-22-News; KGT

Originally sourced from klingonska.org and enhanced by lingoXpress.