KLI teaching material reports that wa', cha', and wej survived from an older Klingon base-three counting system, while the later digit names came from musical notes.
KLI teaching material reports that wa', cha', and wej survived from an older Klingon base-three counting system, while the later digit names came from musical notes.
What does cha' mean?
cha' is the Klingon cardinal number two.
How is cha' pronounced?
cha' is pronounced /t͡ʃɑʔ/, ending with a full glottal stop.
Does cha' go before or after a noun?
cha' goes before a noun to count two items and after it to assign the label number two.
How do you say second with cha'?
Add -DIch to form cha'DIch, which follows the noun it ranks.
How do you say twice with cha'?
Add -logh to form cha'logh, which normally comes before the clause.
What is the difference between cha' and cha?
cha' means two, while cha without the final glottal-stop letter means torpedoes.
How does cha' form larger numbers?
It combines regularly with place-value elements, as in cha'maH for twenty and cha'vatlh for two hundred.