tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Dec 12 09:46:08 1999
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Re: Nautical Directions/Navigation
- From: SuSvaj <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Nautical Directions/Navigation
- Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 13:05:44 -0500
At 12:20 PM 12/12/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Earlier in the movie, Klaa says {nImbuS wej maghoS; He yInab}. I believe
>the subtitle is "Set course for Nimbus III." Note that {maghoS} should be
>{wIghoS}. {nImbuS wej wIghoS; He yInab} "We're going to Nimbus III. Plan a
>course."
I always took that phrase to clipped Klingon. Shortened from:
"nImbuS wejDaq maghoS. He yInab"
or
"We are going to Nimbus III. Plot the course!"
SuSvaj
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Jeremy Silver <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Sunday, December 12, 1999 6:52 AM
>Subject: Nautical Directions/Navigation
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>> How much cannon do we have for directions/navigation and setting courses
>on a
>> Klingon ship?
>> I believe we have the noun He for course, ghoS as a verb for following it,
>how
>> many examples of their use are known?
>> Do we have have anything that suggests the use of the bearing mark
>elevation
>> terminology the federation uses? Something equivalent to "Set course 180
>mark
>> 200" or the like?
>> I have found HeDon for parallel course, is there an equivalent for
>intercept
>> course?
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>> How about ship-board direction equivalents? I have found 'et for fore and
>'o'
>> for aft, anyone know if poS and nIH might be alternatives for Port and
>> Starboard? What about vertical directions, up/down, topside/below?
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>> Thanks,
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