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Re: Klingon WOTD: tel (noun)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])



>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Monday, September 4, 2006.
>
>Klingon word:   tel
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition:     wing
>
>HolQeD 10:4, p. 4: {matlh juppu' mu'mey}.

   Maltz pointed out that, in flight, a bird's wings {laq} (the
   bird is said to {laqmoH} its wings)" (HQ 10.4)

Also used for the "wings" of a Bird-of-Prey ship:

   telDaq wovmoHwI'mey
   wing lights (KBoP)

   nISwI' talmey: cha' (telDaq lujomlu')
   Disruptor Cannon ? 2 (Wing Mounted) (KBoP)

   nISwI': cha' chang'engmey (telDaq lujomlu', nItebHa' lubaHlu')
   Disruptor - 2 Pairs (Wing Mounted, Fire Linked) (KBoP)

   tel SeHwI' jo'
   wing control mechanism (KBoP)

   tel vID'Ir
   wing baffle (KBoP)

Related nouns:

{bo'Degh} "bird"; {bo} "feather"




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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons






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