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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: leQ
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Fri Mar 1 10:22:32 2013
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 15:22:08 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, March 01, 2013
>
> Klingon word: leQ
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: switch
AFAIK never used in canon.
Can use use {leQ} for a key, button, etc. on a control panel or keyboard? Can we say *{leQ 'uy} "press (down) a switch (key?)"? Or perhaps we use {Hot} "touch, feel":
KGT 57: After all, touching a colored light on a control panel is hardly the same experience as staring into the face of one's enemy while lunging toward him with a drawn blade.
The finger verbs {Sen, rIl, SIq, qay, qew, qan} can also be used:
HQ 10.2 p8: The "finger verbs" are used when talking about specific ways of using a particular device (weapon, computer control panel, even musical instrument) [...]
{SeHlaw SIq} "touch the control panel with the index finger"
KGT 76: To finger the {may'ron}--that is, to push the buttons--is to {Heng}
Although {Heng} "finger (holes, strings of instrument) to vary sound" has only been seen WRT to musical instruments, it might be used metaphorically for someone particularly skilled at the keyboard/console.
Related words:
chu'wI' trigger (n)
SeHlaw control panel, console (n)
chu' engage, activate (a device); play (a musical instrument) (v)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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