[88409] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: tractor beam
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Dec 13 16:35:31 2010
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:23:30 -0600
In-Reply-To: <4D0685ED.6080908@web.de>
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Quvar:
> There was a question about whether {tlhaptIH} was a good way to say
> "tractor beam." Maltz said he'd never heard that before, but he has
> heard {luHwI' tIH}.
> (Marc Okrand's Email of November 15th, 2010)
Aha, a "yank-er beam". We've been wanting this one for a while. Now we can retire:
*{jonmeH HoSchem} tractor beam ("energy field for capturing") (SuStel)
*{jonmeH Surchem} tractor beam ("force field for capturing") (SuStel)
*{jonmeH tIH} tractor beam ("energy beam for capturing") (Voragh)
*{jontaHbogh Surchem} tractor beam (SuStel, jatmey 2)
etc.
I only have one brief contextual note listed under {woj choHwI'} "reactor":
The Enterprise-D is equipped with several auxiliary fusion reactors used
inter alia to power the tractor beam and sublight engines.
[TNG "Final Mission"]
I wonder... does Maltz's comment imply that Klingon ships aren't usually equipped with a tractor beam? Does anyone remember seeing a Klingon tractor beam in the episodes or films?
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
