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chaw'

[ t͡ʃɑwʔ ]

Verb

English: allow, permit

German: erlauben, zulassen

Source: TKD

KLCP Level: 1

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Notes

Cf. chaw' "permit, license" (n):

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)

cha'maH chorgh yer ghajwI' chaw' 'echletHommey

28 Title Deed cards. MKE

Also used in the following "purpose nouns":

HIjmeH chaw'

stamp TNK

Huch chaw'

credit card TNK

leng chaw'

passport TNK

yer ghajwI' chaw'

title deed (MKE)

'elmeH chaw'

ticket (WSC)

LANGUAGE NOTES:

MO to De'vID (5/29/2015): 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).

(MO to Lieven, 11/16/2014): A password or passcode is a chaw' ngoq.

Usage for chaw'

QaghwIj vIQIj 'e' yIchaw'neS.

Permit me to explain my mistake, your honor.

Type: sentence - Source: Power Klingon

cha'puj vIngevmeH chaw' HInobneS.

Give me a permit to sell dilithium, your honor.

Type: sentence - Source: Power Klingon

nIteb Qob qaD jup 'e' chaw'be' SuvwI'.

A warrior does not let a friend face danger alone.

Type: proverb - Source: TKW

This card may be kept until needed or traded.

Type: sentence - Source: Klingon Monopoly Honor Cards

This card may be kept until needed or traded.

Type: sentence - Source: Klingon Monopoly Combat Cards

If unowned, you may buy it from the bank.

Type: sentence - Source: Klingon Monopoly Combat Cards

If unowned, you may buy it from the bank.

Type: sentence - Source: Klingon Monopoly Combat Cards

You will not only keep poor souls
From entering the realm of the proud,
You will also welcome the honorable.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Impact Book

I will accept your proposal,
But only if you grant me
One condition:

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book

In return, you must go back
With your brother and father
To the Underworld.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book

I will let my soldiers feast,
Give them blood wine
Until they can stand no more!

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book

Can I help a fellow Klingon in need?
May I sit
And rest with you?

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Ground Book

I have let you out of your tower alive,
Now prepare for battle to the death,
Sharpen your blade, meet me tomorrow.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book

Warp to the nearest vessel.
If Unowned, you may buy it from the Bank.
If owned, pay owner twice the rental to which they are otherwise entitled.

Type: sentence - Source: Klingon Monopoly Combat Cards

Advance to the nearest energy source.
If unowned you may buy it from the Bank.
If owned, throw dice and pay owner a total of ten times amount thrown.

Type: sentence - Source: Klingon Monopoly Combat Cards