tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Oct 28 04:20:01 2001
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Re: Klingon WOTD: DaH (n)
: Klingon word: DaH
: Part of Speech: noun
: Definition: array, bank
"Larger and more powerful disruptors are mounted on the ship,
laid out as {nISwI' DaH} or 'disruptor banks'... The more
general term {pu'}, phaser, may also apply to the Klingon
disruptor, but it is used just as often to refer to the Romulan
disruptor, Federation phaser, and other similar devices. Since
the word is short, {pu'} is heard frequently--even more
frequently than {nISwI'}--especially in the throes of combat,
in such formations as ... {pu'DaH} (phaser banks)... Despite
the prevalence of the {pu'} words, in the strictest sense, the
correct names for all of these weapons are the {nISwI'}
forms." (KGT 56)
Known types of {DaH}:
pu'DaH phaser banks TKD
nISwI' DaH disruptor banks KGT
pIvchem lIngwI' DaH warp field generation array KBoP
pIvghor lIngwI' DaH warp generation array KBoP
begh DaH deflector array KBoP
So'wI' DaH cloak array KBoP
Another possible {DaH}:
chuyDaH thrusters TKD
Hong boq chuyDaH impulse fusion thrusters KBoP
i.e. a bank or array of thruster rockets {vIj} fired as a unit.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons