tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Dec 28 07:32:53 2006
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Re: Klingon WOTD: lojmIt (noun)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Thursday, December 28, 2006.
>
>Klingon word: lojmIt
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: door, gate
Used in canon:
lojmIt poSDaq Daq pagh
No one eavesdrops at an open door. PK
HaDlu'meH, QuSlu'meH, SuDlu'meH lojmIt Da logh Hop Hut tengchaH.
vaj loghDaq lenglaHtaH Humanpu'
space station Deep Space Nine is the gateway for the exploration,
intrigue and enterprise that mark the continuation of the human
adventure into space... DS99
yIvoq 'ach lojmItmey yISam
Trust, but locate the doors. TKW (sic for {tISam})
["the Klingon word for 'door', {lojmIt}, could equally well be translated
'gate'. It is used here to stand for any form of entrance or, more
important, exit..." (TKW 186)]
ngaQ lojmIt
The door is locked.
[IDIOM: "The situation has an unavoidable outcome." or "The plan or
commitment is firm and cannot be changed." (KGT 108) "A door ({lojmIt},
though this word may also be translated as 'gate') is a symbol of escape,
so a door that is locked ({ngaQ}) means there is no escape or no way out.
The phrase... is also sometimes heard in reference to a situation with an
inevitable, unavoidable outcome." (TKW 186)]
lo' law' lojmIt
utility hatch KBoP
Miscellaneous notes:
"One type of {letlh} ["stairs, stairway"] is a {choghvat}, the stairway
leading to and from the doorway of a ship." (KGT 29)
"For the end of a longish enclosed space that one is typically inside of or
experiences from the inside, such as a corridor, tunnel, or conduit (say, a
Jeffries tube or a branch of the sewers of Paris),a different word is used:
{qa'rI'}. This is the only word; it's used for both (or all) ends. The open
entryway leading into such a space is called a {DIn}. If there's a door
there, it's referred to by the usual word for door, {lojmIt}." (HQ 12.2:7)
"Thus, if the occupant of a room heard a door chime, there would probably
be no misunderstanding as a result of his or her saying {yI'Il}! ('Be
sincere!') rather than the correct {yI'el}! ('Enter!')." (KGT 189)
Related nouns:
{HIchDal} "airlock"
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons