tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jul 31 09:54:07 2003
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Re: Klingon WOTD: woj (v)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Thursday, July 31, 2003.
>
>Klingon word: woj
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: sterilize
Never used in canon.
Note the synonym {Say'qu'moH} "sterilize" in KGT (and HQ 1.3), built up
from {Say'} "be clean" and {Say'moH} "wash".
Also note the apparently unrelated noun {woj} "radiation".
janmey ngo' lulo'lu'DI' pIj jabbI'ID nISpu' woj
Older models were susceptible to radiation. S19
ghunchu'wI' once commented, "I always thought {woj} did make a reasonable
verb, though -- 'irradiate' or something similar seems okay for
'sterilize'." (I suppose high doses of radiation can sterilize a person,
if it doesn't kill him first!) However, we also have {tlhuD} "emit
(energy, radiation)":
chIch vay' 'oy'moHmeH 'oy'naQ 'ul law' tlhuD 'oH.
Painstiks ... emit a highly-charged shock for the express purpose
of inflicting pain. S32
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons