tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Dec 06 11:20:11 2012
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Bird-of-Prey Haynes Manual
De'vID:
>> We have one possibly genuine {mu' chu'}, but it is in doubt
>> because the rest of the "Klingon" words in the body text are
>> non-Okrandian, so I don't know if that one was supplied by
>> Okrand or just happened to coincidentally match Okrandian
>> Klingon phonology.
Felix:
> I'm afraid I don't have the book in front of me, but the word is
> <petqaD>, which is a medical instrument used to mend bones.
>
> Fits the proper tlhIngan Hol template (unlike all the other new words
> in the book). Also - as Quvar pointed out to me - it contains a very
> okrandesque pun ;)
IIRC these are called bone-knitters, bone regenerators or osteo-regenerators in Trek. Cf. http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Bone-knitting_laser and http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Bone_regenerator
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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