tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Aug 27 07:57:56 2008
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RE: 'orwI' vImojchoH.
marqoS:
>> chay' {'or} mughlu'? mu'vam vISovbe'.
ter'eS:
> {'or} = 'to pilot or operate an aircraft'. mu' chu'
> 'oH. qep'a'Daq maqlu'.
Published in HQ 11.2 (p.8):
Maltz thought that the best word for "operate (an aircraft)"
was {'or} - so the person who does this would be the {'orwI'},
"one who operates (an aircraft)". In general, {'or} would not
be used to refer to the activities of the captain of a
spacecraft, or even those of its helmsman, but Maltz said it
could be used for the controlling of a shuttlecraft. He was
comfortable translating {'or} as "pilot" (the verb) and
{'orwI'} as "pilot" (the noun).
Related vocabulary:
By extension, the term {raQ} 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): {Duj raQ} ("He/she controls the ship manually").
[KGT 79]
Presumably, our old friend {puv} "fly" is intransitive, based on our one known example of {puv}:
puvtaHbogh Duj ngabmoHlaw' So'wI'
[cloaking device] allowing the ship to fly in a state
of practical invisibility (S33)
E.g.
puv lupDujHom
the shuttlecraft flies
vs.
lupDujHom 'or Qov
Qov flies the shuttlecraft
Qov operates (pilots) the shuttlecraft
lupDujHom raQ Qov'e'
Qov is flying the shuttlecraft herself
Qov is the one controlling the shuttlecraft manually
BTW, there was other aircraft-related vocabulary (requested by Qov IIRC) in the article which I can post if you don't have a copy of that issue available.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons