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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: QoD
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Dec 12 09:53:51 2011
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 08:53:34 -0600
In-Reply-To: <AC83DEB2-EF89-4E53-8DE0-504E9B13394D@gmail.com>
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>> Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, December 11, 2011
>>
>> Klingon word: QoD
>> Part of speech: verb
>> Definition: maneuver (engines)
Qov:
> Does anyone have any idea what an engine manoeuvre is? Theories?
De'vID:
> Maybe the word "(engines)" is just there to indicate that this word
> is not related to {tuH} "maneuver (military term)".=A0 Bracketed words
> in the definitions in TKD often served as disambiguators between the
> multiple possible readings of the English definitions.=A0In other words,
> maybe "(engines)" just means this word is used with vehicles, as
> opposed to (say) armies or fleets or people.
This is the simplest solution. See his comment on {tuH} in KGT:
KGT 48: The noun {tuH} refers to a military maneuver of any kind. A specif=
ic plan or stratagem usually has a code name ({per yuD} [literally, 'dishon=
est label']) coined especially for the occasion and not necessarily used ag=
ain.)
ter'eS:
> It's a theory. It could also refer to using impulse power, for
> example, to maneuver into a spacedock. You as an aircraft pilot
> would not be likely to use anything similar, but I think a
> spaceship in weightlessness behaves more like a ship on water
> than a craft in the air within a gravity well.
lojmIt tI'wI' nuv:
> Keep in mind that spacecraft lack rudders. "Maneuvering thrusters"
> appears in many places in the Star Trek world. {QoDmeH chuyDaH}? =
Unfortunately Okrand has never used {QoD}, but I would use it WRT to dockin=
g a ship (or parking a car). WRT aircraft, think about the in-flight refue=
ling of warplanes. Remember that it is just as tricky to undock and leave =
a spacedock (or a tight parking space) without hitting any of the smaller c=
raft swarming about. =
{vergh} "dock, park" in canon:
vergh 'ach DIlnISbe' =
Free parking. MKE
nuqDaq puH Duj vIvergh =
Where can I park the car? (TalkNow!)
Cf. {lolmoH} "maneuver an aircraft to be in some attitude or other":
qughmeH Duj vIlolmoH =
I put the vessel in the attitude for cruise (or cruising) [HQ 11.2]
Cf. also {ronmoH} "bank, cause to roll (i.e. aircraft)":
Duj ronmoH 'orwI' =
the pilot banks the vessel (HQ 11.2)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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