tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jul 19 07:50:20 2007
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Re: Klingon WOTD: telun Hovtay' (noun)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Thursday, July 19, 2007.
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>Category: Trek
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>Klingon word: telun Hovtay'
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: Tellun Star System
Never used in canon.
Trek trivia:
The Tellun Star System contains the Class-M planets Elas {'elas} and
Troyius {Doy'yuS} which had been at war with each other for many
years. Troyius was a plentiful source of radans {Dom} - naturally
occurring dilithium crystals {cha'pujqut} - making the planet of
considerable strategic interest to the Klingon Empire.
The leader of Troyius gave Elaan, the Dohlman of Elas, a necklace {ghIgh}
of radans as a wedding present in 2268. Elaan's necklace served as a
source of emergency crystals for the Enterprise when that ship was under
attack by a Klingon vessel that ironically sought to guarantee a supply of
radans from Troyius.
(TOS "Elaan of Troyius"; cf. _The Star Trek Encyclopedia_ p. 269)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons