tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jan 17 10:25:33 2007
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Re: Klingon WOTD: Hoqra' (noun)
> >>Klingon word: Hoqra'
> >>Part of Speech: noun
> >>Definition: tricorder
Voragh:
> >Never used in canon.
> >Apparently consists of {Hoq} "expedition" (n.) + {ra'} "order, command"
> (v.).
mIq'ey:
>"Expedition" is a synonym for "trek". "Trek" + "order" = "tricorder". An
>Okrandian pun?
Okrand's usual gloss for "Trek" is {leng} "trip, voyage" as in {Hov leng}
"Star Trek":
Hov leng QumwI'
"Star Trek Communicator" [the official fan magazine] (STC)
Hov leng ngoDHommey
"Trekbits" (STC)
Hov leng De' chu'
Star Trek Update (STC)
Hov leng QeD
Treknology (STC)
Hov leng: yIjeSchu'
"Star Trek: The Experience" [in Las Vegas] (STX)
quwargh tach Qe' je qoDDaq Hov leng Soj DatIv
Enjoy Star Trek themed food and drink at Quark's Bar and Restaurant. (STX)
If it is a pun, I suspect it's much older - maybe even going back to Gene
Roddenberry himself. I never saw the connection before, but you could be
right. I always thought it was a contraction of "tri + recorder" and
wondered which three things it was recording.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons