tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 10 15:06:40 2001
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Re: Klingon WOTD: QuQ (n)
: Klingon word: QuQ
: Part of Speech: noun
: Definition: engine
:
: Additional Notes:
: See also {jonta'}, {nguSDI'}.
{QuQ} and {jonta'} are synonyms:
tujqu'choH QuQ
The engine is overheating. TKD/CK
baHwI', DoS yIbuS. QuQ neH. yaj'a'?
Gunner: Target engine only - Understood? ST3
jonta' neH
only the engine TKD
matHa', DoS jonta' neH.
Gunner: target engine only. ST3
with the latter being related to {jonpIn} "engineering officer" and {jonwI'}
"engineer". The difference between the two is unclear, both being used to
refer to starship engines.
{nguSDI'} is a "motor":
tal SeHwI' nguSDI'
cannon control motor (BoP Poster)
More general words include {mIqta'} and {jo'} - both meaning "machinery":
jopwI' jo'
recoil machinery BoP
tal jo'
cannon machinery BoP
tel SeHwI' jo'
wing control mechanism BoP
(AFAIK {mIqta'} has not appeared in canon), as well as {jan} "device":
janmey ngo' lulo'lu'DI' pIj jabbI'ID nISpu' woj
Older models were susceptible to radiation. S19
botjan
shields (force field on ship)
begh botjan
deflector shield(s) BoP
(I'm assuming that {botjan} refers to the device - i.e. the shield generator -
and not the protective energy field {HoSchem} or force field {Surchem} itself.
Okrand writes that "To shield a ship, one must activate the shields, or {botjan
chu'}" (KGT p.67). Note, however, the counter-example of {matlh, jol yIchu'!
"Maltz--activate [transporter] beam!" from ST3.)
'otlh peng baHjan
photon torpedo launcher BoP
peng baHjan
torpedo launcher BoP
Saqjan
landing gear BoP
which is also used for {QoQ jan} "musical instrument": "{QoQ jan} can be, but
seldom is, shortened to just {jan}" (KGT 74).
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons