tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Mar 05 10:29:01 2003
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Re: Klingon WOTD: chu' (v)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Wednesday, March 5, 2003.
>
>Klingon word: chu'
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: engage, activate (a device)
As used in canon:
"The terminology associated with using a cloaking device is simply {chu'}
(activate) and {chu'Ha'} (deactivate)." (KGT, 54f)
"To shield a ship, one must activate the shields, or {botjan chu'}" (KGT, 67)]
jol yIchu'
Activate the transport beam! TKD
So'wI' yIchu'
Engage the cloaking device! TKD/ST3/ST5
So'wI' vIchu'ta'
I have engaged the cloaking device. TKD
So'wI' chu'lu'ta'
The cloaking device has been engaged. TKD
So'wI' chu'ta'
Cloaking device engaged! (Clipped) TKD
matlh, jol yIchu'
Maltz--activate beam! ST3
'entepray' Hub patmey luchu'be'lu'pu'
Enterprise defense systems are down. (MO's ST5 notes)
tlham chach chu'qa'
Restoring auxiliary gravity. (Clipped?) ST6
chuyDaH yIchu' (?)
Engage thrusters! ST6
botjan yIchu'
Raise shields! KCD
'oy'naQ DaQeqDI' mIw wa'DIch Data', 'ach 'oy'naQ Dachu'DI' mIw paghDIch Data'
When you aim the painstik, you accomplish the first step, but when you turn
the painstik on, you accomplish the zeroth step. KGT
Cf. also the verbs {laQ} "fire/energize [e.g. thrusters]" and {rIH} "energize".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons