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[ qʰɑʔvɑm ]
Noun

English: Genesis

German: Genesis,

Source: TKD

Category: aliens and planets

KLCP Level: 2

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qa'vam       Genesis (planet) (GN):
  qa'vam De' vIje' rIntaH
  I have purchased the Genesis Data. ST3

  qa'vam yuQ Quv DaghojmeH Duyma'vaD yIjatlh.
  [To learn the Genesis Planet's coordinates, speak to our agent.] (ST3 DVD case)
 
qa'vam jan    the  Genesis Device (n):
  qa'vam jan SeH DIvI'.
  [The Federation controls the Genesis Device.] (ST3 DVD case)

  qa'vam jan yISuq.
  [Acquire the Genesis Device!] (ST3 DVD case)
 
Okrand expanded on qa'vam back in March:
 
   The Big Bang - meaning the start of the universe - is, as you once hypothesized, qa'vam, the word used by Klingons for the Genesis device. qa'vam is perhaps best defined as "origin of everything" or "start of it all" or the like. Maltz said you could say qa'vam nger "Big Bang Theory," but he thought that was weird - the start of it all isn't a theory, he said - it's just the start of it all. If one thinks the start of it all was a big explosion and that's a theory, then qa'vam nger could mean "the theory of how everything began," but the Klingon phrase doesn't contain the notion of explosion. For the TV Show - whether to translate it or use the English - that's up to you.
    (MO to De'vID, 3/2015 [FOTSN/FFN])

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