tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Mar 09 07:56:31 2007
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Re: Klingon WOTD: nuralngan (noun)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Friday, March 9, 2007.
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>Category: People
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>Klingon word: nuralngan
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: Neuralese
Never used in canon.
Trek notes:
Klingon officer Krell advised the village people on the manufacture of
primitive flintlocks in their conflict with the hill people (led by Kirk's
old friend Tyree) on the planet Neural. (TOS "A Private Little War")
Neural: Federation catalog name is Zeta Bootis III, a.k.a. "Tyree's Planet":
"This Class M world is the third of ten that orbit a brilliant,
moderate-size yellow star in a binary system. The planet is quite
Earth-like, with vast oceans and desert, moderate, and tropical climate
zones. Neural is the only planet in the Zeta Bootis system to have a moon,
which has been named Asetia by the native population of Neural's lower
desert. The native inhabitants of the planet are humanoid, possibly the
descendants of a Centaurian exploration mission that disappeared in the
area some two hundred years ago. The population was once one of tranquil,
peace-loving hunters, but a serious breach of the Prime Directive has
resulted in their development of war and comparatively advanced projectile
weapons. Direct Klingon interference, countered by Federation involvement,
has divided the inhabitants into five major factions, each of which is
feuding with the other four.
"One of the more notable native animal forms on Neural (Zeta Bootis
III) is the *mugato*, a large, white, ape-like creature with dorsal spines
and a cranial horn. The *mugato* are monogamous, mating for life. Little or
no provocation will spark an attack by this hostile creature, whose bite is
highly poisonous and fatal if untreated. The only antidote for the *mugato*
bite is the proper application of the native *mako* root, which has the
ability to draw the toxin out of the human nervous system." (from "Star
Trek: The Worlds of The Federation", p. 140-41)
Cf. {nural} Neural and {mughato'} *mugato*.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons