tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Dec 05 08:48:31 2005
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Re: Klingon WOTD: 'o' (noun)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Monday, December 5, 2005.
>
>Klingon word: 'o'
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: aft
Used in canon:
'o' chuyDaH Hongghor je
aft thrusters and impulse drive (KBoP)
N.B.:
The terms "fore" and "aft" are directions, not locations.
"Fore" means the direction the ship is pointing, and "aft"
means the opposite direction. Along with "port" and "star-
board", they define a set of directions relative to the
ship. [ghunchu'wI']
The bow is at the fore of the ship, and the stern is at the
aft. "Fore" refers to the area toward the bow (the front of
the ship), and "aft" refers to the area toward the stern.
(They can also refer to something not on the ship, but close
to it: "The enemy is fore of the ship", meaning "The enemy
is in front of the ship.") "Bow" and "stern" refer to the
actual bits of the ship. [ngabwI']
Either Okrand is not a sailor, or Klingon sailors don't make the
distinction. In non-naval contexts use {'em} "area behind" (n.)
Note: Until we learned the word {Sa'Hut} at qep'a' wa'maHDIch (2003), many
Klingonists used *{'o'} as unofficial slang for "rear end, buttocks" (cf.
Krankor, HQ 12.4).
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons