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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: tal
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Tue Jul 8 11:25:45 2014
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 15:25:36 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, July 08, 2014
>
> Klingon word: tal
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: cannon
> Source: BOP
nISwI' talmey: cha' (telDaq lujomlu')
Disruptor Cannon - 2 (Wing Mounted) KBoP
Kgt 56: The verb used for shoot when referring to disruptors is {bach}. Technically speaking, one shoots the energy beam from the disruptor. The general word for any energy beam (ray) is {tIH}, so a disruptor's beam is {nISwI' tIH}. Thus, the correct formation is {nISwI' tIH bach} ("shoot the disruptor beam"). As a practical matter, however, the {tIH} is often left out, and {nISwI' bach} is the common way to say "shoot a disruptor". Similarly, {pu' bach} is "shoot a phaser".
In 2268 Klingon battlecruisers fired green disruptor beams simultaneously from both wing nacelle cannons. (TOS-R "Elaan of Troyius" & "The Enterprise Incident")
In his battle with the Gorn captain on an unnamed planetoid in Metron space, Kirk constructed a primitive cannon by mixing naturally occurring potassium nitrate, sulfur and coal into gunpowder and using raw diamonds as projectiles. (TOS "Arena")
Related words and phrases:
nISwI' tal disruptor cannon
tal jo' cannon machinery
tal QanwI' cannon guard [protective armor plating]
tal SeHwI' nguSDI' cannon control motor K
jorwI' explosive (n)
ngat gunpowder (n)
nIch ammunition (n)
nuH weapon (n)
ngIS lubricant used on disruptor cannons (KRAD: Honor Bound) (n)
jor explode (v)
bach shoot (v)
baH fire (torpedo, rocket, missile) (v)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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