tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Feb 14 12:44:13 2006
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Re: Klingon WOTD: cha'puj (noun)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Tuesday, February 7, 2006.
>
>Klingon word: cha'puj
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: dilithium
As used in canon:
cha'puj tlhIlHal vISuch vIneH
I want to visit the dilithium mines. CK
cha'puj vIngevmeH chaw' HInobneS
Give me a permit to sell dilithium, your honor. PK
cha'puj pa'
dilithium chamber KBoP
Related nouns:
{Dom} "radan (crude dilithium crystal)". Processed crystals of dilithium
are called {cha'pujqut}:
Elemental crystal used in the reaction of matter and antimatter
to generate power. [KCD:KLS]
cha'pujqutmey vIje' vIneH
I want to buy dilithium crystals. PK
cha'pujqutmey vIje' vIneHbej
I definitely want to buy dilithium crystals! PK
choH lISbogh Hap'e': cha'pujqut
Reaction Moderating Element - Crystalline Dilithium. KBoP
Discussed by Okrand:
... either {cha'pujqutmey} or dilithium crystals will work in
a warp drive system [KGT 204]
Cultural notes:
Rura Penthe is a frozen asteroid used by Klingons as a penal colony
for enemies of the Empire... The prisoners on Rura Penthe ... mine
dilithium, required for warp propulsion systems. (TKW 190)
*{puj} may have something to do with minerals {tlhIlmey}. According to KGT
(p.82) {beqpuj} is "a common mineral that is bright orange" that is
otherwise unknown.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons