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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: lI'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Jun 2 12:12:33 2014
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 16:12:17 +0000
In-Reply-To: <003d01cf7e77$993b92e0$cbb2b8a0$@flyingstart.ca>
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, June 02, 2014
>
> Klingon word: lI'
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: transmit data (to a place)
Qov:
>> I adore how when I upload pictures to Facebook it says lI'lI' in the
>> spots where the pictures will appear, during the upload.
vIlI'lI'
I am transmitting (the data). TKD
TKD 42: This word implies that data are in the process of being transmitted, but that there is a finite amount of data, so there will be a definite end to the transmission. The fact that the verb {lI'} and the suffix {-lI'} are identical in sound is purely coincidental, so far as can be determined.
yIlI'
transmit it! TKD
De' yIlI'. DaH!
Transmit data. Now! ST3
Cf. also {lab} "transmit data (away from a place)":
labbeH
(The device) is ready to transmit data. TKD
HablI', Su': labbeH.
Ready to transmit. ST3
labmeH 'evnagh Se' lo' tlhIngan QumwI'
A Klingon communicator sends a signal through subspace radio. S19
Marc Okrand jIH. De' potlh vIlab.
I am Marc Okrand and I bring you an important message. ('U'-MTK)
ghe'naQ Daqvo' QInvam wIlab.
We will place a homing device transmitting this message at the site of the opera. ('U'-MTK)
Similar words:
naw' access (v)
ngeH send (v)
Qum communicate (v)
rI' hail (v)
tlhuD emit [energy, radiation] (v)
HablI' data transceiving device (n)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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