[Tlhingan-hol] plural of <De' jengva'>

[Steven Boozer]

Lieven:  
>Next, adding to this situation, we must remember that the TalkNow 
>Software is written on how "a visiting Klingon would call a thing 
>he sees on earth". Form this point of view, apparently (my guess) 
>Klingons don't have CDs. That's why the Klingon calls it a 
>"data-plate". And the plural of plate is {ngop}, of course.
 
De'vID:
>> In TNG, the Federation seems to transfer data on some kind
>> of "data crystal" (what?  why don't they have wifi or
>> Bluetooth or something?).  Do we know what Klingons use?


IIRC we've seen Klingon tricorders and PADDs, but I don't recall ever seeing a data storage device.  In TOS those solid plastic squares were called "microtapes" or "data solids".  In TNG those translucent plastic rectangles (about 1 x 2 inches) were called "isolinear chips" and in DS9 the Cardassians - and everyone else on Terok Nor - used "isolinear rods" (plastic cylinders about the size of a cigarette).  The USS Voyager used "bio-neural gel packs".

The object has been called *{De' bobcho'} "data module" once or twice on the List.  I've also seen *{De' ta} but that seems to refer more to the type of file rather than physical format:  e.g. *{De' ta} "data file", *{ghogh ta} "sound file", {ghotpu' tamey} "personnel files", *{HaSta ta} "video recording/hologram", {may' ta} "record of battle", etc.


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons