tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Feb 12 10:30:47 2001
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RE: Klingon WOTD: Hoq (n)
>> Klingon word: Hoq
>> Part of Speech: noun
>> Definition: expedition
Voragh:
> Related nouns include {leng} "trip, voyage, trek" and {jey} "itinerary".
> Cf. also {Qu'} "quest, mission" as well as {Hoqra'} "tricorder".
De'vID:
: {Hoqra'} "tricorder" sounds like "expedition" + "command (v)", {Hoq} +
{ra'}.
I imagine that Okrand considered a tricorder something to be used on an
expedition. In fact, that was how they were generally used in TOS: on away
missions. In ST3 we saw Kruge et al. using a Klingon tricorder on the Genesis
Planet. Later in TNG-DS9-VGR, tricorders (and PADDs) are ubiquitous aboard the
ships and DS9 perhaps due to their smaller, more convenient size, so they are
no longer a strictly expeditionary instrument.
Does anyone remember seeing a TNG-era Klingon tricorder in use?
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons