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

[Robyn Stewart]

Klingon data storage devices are coming up in my story. There are a few kinds.

At 07:08 17/11/2011, Steven Boozer wrote:
>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.
>
>
>--
>Voragh
>Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
>
>
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