tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jan 12 18:31:02 2000
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RE: KLBC: jaj mu'mey vI'lo'.
ja' Voragh:
>For those interested, {jan} "device" also appears in several compound nouns
>referring to machinery from the Klingon Bird-of-Prey poster:
>
> baHjan launcher
> ('otlh) peng baHjan (photon) torpedo launcher
>
> botjan shield(s)
> begh botjan deflector shield(s)
>
> Saqjan landing gear
TKD uses the term "compound noun" to refer specifically to nouns made
up of two or three nouns in a row. Neither {baH}, {bot}, nor {Saq} are
nouns. Rather, the three words presented here are "complex nouns" with
unobvious etymology. See TKD section 3.2 for more information.
>and was used in SkyBox S19 to refer to cloaking devices:
>
> janmey ngo' lulo'lu'DI' pIj jabbI'ID nISpu' woj
> Older models were susceptible to radiation.
You're slipping, Voragh! S19 is {QumwI'} "Klingon Communicator".
"Cloaking Device" {So'wI'} is S33.
-- ghunchu'wI' 'utlh