tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jan 28 07:28:28 2014
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] geometry terminology in Klingon
> >> qal'aq
> >> frame, framework, supporting structure, skeleton
Quvar:
>> Was it specified if this also applies to organic skeletons
>> (that is,> the set of all our bones), or only to that of a
>> building/starship/structure?
Lieven:
> It's easy to distinguish {qal'aqmey} from {qal'aqDu'} :- )
Checking my notes we also have the verb {Qutlh} "support" and the derived noun {QutlhwI'} "support". At qep'a' 17:
Marc also clarified that {Qutlh} (support) can only refer to physically
supporting something. It can't refer to monetary (he said {ghaq} is for
this), psychological or any other non-physical type of support.
[qurgh, 7/27/2010]
qoD QutlhwI' ngaDmoHwI'
Inner Support Stabilizer (KBoP)
[i.e. those ceiling supports flanking the captain's chair on a
BoP that look like large shock absorbers]
> We have no more information, but I believe that was exactly Okrand's
> intention, otherwise he would not have mentioned it. "framework" would
> have been enough, and though he did not write "grid", I'm sure it also
> applies to that one, too.
For a non-structural grid in the sense of an interlinked network, see {pat} "system, grid"; e.g. {nuH pat} "weapons grid":
HoS law'qu' luch law'qu' je lo' Duj nuH pat Hub pat je
A huge amount of the ship's power and technology is devoted
to its weapons grid and defensive systems. SP3
We also have {DaH} "bank, array"; e.g. {nISwI' DaH} disruptor banks (KGT), {begh DaH} deflector array (KBoP).
Anatomically speaking if your skeleton is a {qal'aq}, your nervous system would be a type of {pat}.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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