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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: jom

Steven Boozer ([email protected])



> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, March 06, 2014
> 
> Klingon word: jom
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: install (a device)

Hoch tlhIngan DujDaq So'wI' jomlu' 
All Klingon vessels are equipped with a cloaking device... S33

ngongmeH wa' DujDaq nuHmey nISbe'bogh So'wI' jomlu'pu' 
[A cloaking device which didn't disrupt weaponry was
 installed in one experimental ship. (untranslated)] S33

nISwI' talmey: cha' (telDaq lujomlu') 
Disruptor Cannon - 2 (Wing Mounted) KBoP

nISwI': cha' chang'engmey (telDaq lujomlu', nItebHa' lubaHlu') 
Disruptor - 2 Pairs (Wing Mounted, Fire Linked) KBoP

Don't confuse {jom} "install (a device)" with {Sugh} "install (in office)".


Similar words:

mutlh 		construct, assemble, put together (v)
chenmoH 		build, form, make, create (v)
tI'			repair (v)
'ogh 			invent, devise, design (v)
ren 			design, map out, plan (v)

jonwI'  		engineer (n)
mutlhwI'  		[constructor, assembler, installer] (n)
chamwI'		technician (n)
tI'wI'  		[repairman] (n)


Although he doesn't mention {jom}, Okrand's message to Lieven (1/09/2012) is useful:

   Words for bricklayer, roof maker, plumber, and so on are all based on
   the verb {mutlh}, meaning "construct, assemble, put together". Someone
   who does this, then, is a {mutlhwI'}. [...] The idea is that a {mutlhwI'}
   puts things together. So a {ngogh mutlhwI'} is not (necessarily) someone
   who makes bricks, but someone who takes bricks that are already made and
   assembles them into something (such as a building). Similarly, a {beb
   mutlhwI'} doesn't make the roof, but, rather, lays out the shingles or
   planks or stones or whatever the roof is made out of. [...] Someone who
   repairs any of these things (who may or may not be the same person who
   installed/assembled them) is a {tI'wI'} ... Most {mutlhwI'pu'} are also
   {tI'wI'pu'} - but you'd be advised to check with them first.



--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons



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