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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: nIS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Thu Jan 16 12:05:38 2014
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 17:05:27 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, January 16, 2014
>
> Klingon word: nIS
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: disrupt, interfere
janmey ngo' lulo'lu'DI' pIj jabbI'ID nISpu' woj
Older models were susceptible to radiation. S19
ngongmeH wa' DujDaq nuHmey nISbe'bogh So'wI' jomlu'pu'
[A cloaking device which didn't disrupt weaponry was installed
in one experimental ship. (untr.)] S33
Qombe'! nISbe' jevwI', 'ej not ruS baq.
That looks on tempests and is never shaken. (Sonnet 116)
["It does not tremble! The storm does not disrupt it, and it
never terminates the bond."]
KGT 58: The gloves did not have fingers. They were designed ... to not interfere with the mobility of a warrior's fingers.
Trek Trivia:
Cellular disruption occurs when a body's cells explode from within; it's fatal. (TOS "That Which Survives")
Similar words:
nISwI' disruptor (i.e. *vird'dakaase* in Klingonaase)
nISwI' beH disruptor rifle
nISwI' HIch disruptor pistol, hand-held disruptor
nISwI' tal disruptor cannon
nISwI' tIH disruptor beam
mun intervene (v)
Haq intervene in (a situation) (slang) (v)
'oD arbitrate, mediate (v)
chenHa'moH destroy (something) (v)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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