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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'or
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Thu Mar 22 10:18:16 2012
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
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Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:17:20 -0500
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> Klingon word: 'or
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: pilot, operate (an aircraft)
HQ 11.2: Maltz thought that the best word for operate (an aircraft) was {'or} - so the person who does this would be the {'orwI'}, "one who operates (an aircraft)". In general, {'or} would not be used to refer to the activities of the captain of a spacecraft, or even those of its helmsman, but Maltz said it could be used for the controlling of a shuttlecraft. He was comfortable translating {'or} as "pilot" (the verb) and {'orwI'} as "pilot" (the noun).
KGT 79: By extension, the term {raQ} is also used when referring to controlling a space vessel "manually" (that is, when the controls are manipulated directly by a person rather than a computer): {Duj raQ} ("He/she controls the ship manually").
PUN: Orville Wright!
Related words:
chIj navigate (v)
One can use {nIteb} "alone, on one's own" when flying "solo":
nIteb DujlIj yIchIj
Navigate your vessel alone. (TKW)
ronmoH bank, cause to roll (e.g. an aircraft) (v)
Duj ronmoH 'orwI'
the pilot banks the vessel (HQ 11.2:8)
puv fly (v)
chIjwI' navigator (n)
DeghwI' helmsman
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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