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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: luHwI' tIH
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Tue Jul 31 10:21:26 2012
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:21:15 +0000
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> Klingon word: luHwI' tIH
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: tractor beam
"A focused linear graviton force beam used to physically manipulate objects=
across short distances. Tractor beams were used by Federation starships an=
d other space vehicles as a means of towing other vessels. Tractor beams we=
re also used to provide short-range guidance for approaching or departing s=
huttlecraft." (_Star Trek Encyclopedia_, p.348)
=
Lieven reported that at the 9th {qepHom'a'} in Saarbr=FCcken:
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}.
[MO's email to Lieven of 11/15/2010]
There's a waist-high (possibly pivoting) tractor beam emitter on the Enterp=
rise-D shuttle deck used for moving shuttlecraft around, especially when po=
wered down. A similar looking device on the BOP Poster is labeled {tepqeng=
wI'} "cargo lift".
Klingon tractor beams in Trek:
Vorok's battlecruiser was equipped with a tractor beam. (ENT "Unexpected")
A Klingon BoP uses a tractor beam on an Augment transport shuttle. (ENT "Bo=
rderland")
The BoP IKS M'Char locks on to the Xhosa (Kasidy Yates' freighter) with a t=
ractor beam in order to search it. (DS9 "Way of the Warrior")
A Klingon BoP under the command of K'Temang locks on to the Cardassian mili=
tary freighter Groumall with a tractor beam. (DS9 "Return to Grace") =
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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