tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Apr 29 12:56:12 2003
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Re: Klingon WOTD: 'ejDo' (n)
>Klingon word: 'ejDo'
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: starship, starship class
As discussed in TKD (p.20):
For example, {'ejDo'} means "starship". The syllable {'ej} also occurs in
{'ejyo'} "Starfleet". There are, however, no known Klingon words {'ej},
{Do'}, or {yo'} that have anything to do with Starfleet, starships, the
Federation, or space vehicles of any kind. It is quite likely that {Do'}
is an Old Klingon word for "space vessel" (the modern Klingon word is {Duj})
that is used nowhere except in the noun {'ejDo'}. Of course, without further
study, that remains pure conjecture.
As used in canon:
nImbuS wejDaq 'ejDo' 'entepray' ngeHlu'pu'.
The starship Enterprise has been dispatched to Nimbus III. ST5
tera' vatlh DIS poH cha'maH loS bong QongmeH qItI'nga' Duj tI'ang ghompu'
DIvI' 'ejDo' 'entepray'.
A sleeper ship of this [K'Tinga] class, the T'Ong, was encountered in the
24th century by the USS Enterprise. S15
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons