tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Feb 15 07:53:24 2007
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Re: Klingon WOTD: De'wI' (noun)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Wednesday, February 14, 2007.
>
>Klingon word: De'wI'
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: computer
Used in canon:
Qum De'wI'
communications computer (KBoP)
ya De'wI'
tactical computer (KBoP)
De'wI' pat
computer system (KBoP)
De'wI' Qulpa'
computer research lab (KBoP)
De'wI' SoSbor'a'
main computer core (KBoP)
Miscellaneous notes:
When taking a table's order, the {jabwI'} ["food server"] neither
writes anything down nor enters data into a computer. (KGT 101f.)
The word used for "compose" is {qon}. This verb also means "record"
and is used whether the recording is by hand ..., in a medium suitable
for a computer, or any other form. (KGT 71)
By extension, the term {raQ} ["manipulate by hand, handle"] is also
used when referring to controlling a space vessel "manually" (that
is, when the controls are manipulated directly by a person rather
than a computer)... (KGT 79)
Etymology:
Captain Krankor has speculated that {De'wI'} is the nomen agentis from an
Old Klingon verb *{De'} "compute". Cf. also the verbs {SIm} "calculate",
{chel} "add" & {togh} "count".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons