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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.