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[Tlhingan-hol] FW: Propellers and rotors
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Tue Nov 3 16:43:00 2015
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2015 21:42:45 +0000
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@kli.org
Oops! I sent this to Alan off-list by accident.
-----Original Message-----
From: Steven Boozer
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2015 12:52 PM
To: 'Alan Anderson' <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
Subject: RE: [Tlhingan-hol] Propellers and rotors
> > Is a specific word possible for a screw-type propeller (sea-ship or
> > airplane) or helicopter rotor?
Wouldn't *{vo'wI'} "propeller" do or isn't it specific enough technically? Over the years people have used it for oar, jet (engine) (Qov), propulsion unit, and sail (QeS).
AFAIK Okrand has used {vo'} "propel" once:
QIStaq qul bIQtIqHomDaq 'etlhDaj vo' nuch
the coward threw his sword into the fire streams of Kri'stak (PB)
We have a couple of additional hints:
"[Okrand's] literal translation is always skewed a bit, so if you send him "Row, row, row your boat", you'll get back 'Propel, propel, propel your craft'." (KCD executive producer Keith Halper, STK (novel) p.212)
TKW 148: The commonly heard sendoff [{pe'vIl mu'qaDmey tIbach}] "Curse well!" - roughly comparable in usage to the Federation Standard "Good luck!" - literally means, "Shoot curses forcefully!" Curses are considered a weapon of a sort which must be propelled to their targets.
ghunchu'wI':
> Which do you want to describe? Screw-type (for water) and "blade"-type
> (for air) propellers are very different. Aircraft propellers and
> helicopter rotors are essentially spinning wings.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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