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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ngaDmoH
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Wed Oct 26 09:55:45 2011
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:55:27 -0500
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, October 23, 2011
>
> Klingon word: ngaDmoH
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: stabilize
This form (i.e. with {-moH}) has never been used in a sentence, but the nomen agentis is known: {ngaDmoHwI'} "stabilizer (component of a ship)".
qoD QutlhwI' ngaDmoHwI'
inner support stabilizer (KBoP)
From the poster, this refers to those ceiling supports flanking the captain's chair on the bridge that look like large shock absorbers.
{ngaD} be stable, be balanced (vb.)
{ngaDHa'} be unstable, be unbalanced (vb.)
These have also never been used in a sentence, but Okrand did discuss the slang phrase {Duj ngaDHa'} "irresponsible/undisciplined person":
KGT 150: This expression means literally "unstable vessel, unbalanced vessel." [...] the verb {ngaD} ("be stable, balanced", here followed by the negative suffix {-Ha'}) normally applies to a ship or a physical object, not to a situation or a person. It would be inappropriate to refer to a person as {ngaD} or {ngaDHa'} in a phrase such as *{tera'ngan ngaDHa'} ("unstable Terran"). A standard verb that is close in meaning is {ngIj} ("rowdy, unruly"), as in {tera'ngan ngIj} ("rowdy Terran").
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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