tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Nov 14 07:24:32 2011
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: tor
> Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, November 13, 2011
>
> Klingon word: tor
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: pitch (aircraft tilts nose up or down)
HQ 11.2: And when the nose of the plane moves up or down, the plane is said to {tor} "pitch". (The word {tor} also means "kneel", which Maltz thought was apt, since if a four-legged animal is able to kneel with either its hind legs or its front legs, it is able to pitch or tilt up or down.) ... The attitude of an aircraft is often talked about in terms of angles. The word for angle is {tajvaj}. Klingon {taH} means "be at a negative angle".
> Definition: kneel (action of a person or animal)
As used in canon:
QamvIS Hegh qaq law' torvIS yIn qaq puS
Better to die on our feet than live on our knees. (ST6)
("Dying while standing is preferable to living while kneeling")
TKW 95: The grammatical construction is a bit aberrant; one would expect {QamtaHvIS} and {tortaHvIS}. In proverbs, grammatical shortcuts are not uncommon.
Related verbs:
{joD} stoop, {SIH} bend, {Qam} stand, {Hu'} get up)
Related nouns:
{qIv} knee
"Or perhaps the thought of bending knee and tending sheep appeals to you?"
(Kirk, TOS "Who Mourns for Adonais?")
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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