tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Oct 27 09:41:32 2011
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: lupwI'
From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
> Voragh:
>>> As used in canon:
>>>
>>> lupwI' DalIghnIS You must ride the jitney. CK
>
> Philip:
>> Ah, so {lIgh} is not (just?) for animals such as horses.
>
> AFAIK that line from CK is the only canon example for {lIgh} "ride".
> So the question is actually: Can you also use {lIgh} for animals?
>
>>> The nomen agentis from the verb {lup} "transport". Cf. also
>>> {lupDujHom} "shuttlecraft".
>>
>> I wonder whether there are also {lupDujmey} that aren't {-Hom}.
>
> I've always used *{lupDuj} for larger passenger shuttles, transport
> ships, runabouts, troopships, as well as airplanes, etc. But what
> Klingons call them is unknown.
There is also {DujHom} used in Star Trek V:
DujHomDaq ghaHtaH
he's on the shuttlecraft
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