[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ngaDmoH

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, October 23, 2011
> 
> Klingon word: ngaDmoH
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: stabilize

This form (i.e. with {-moH}) has never been used in a sentence, but the nomen agentis is known: {ngaDmoHwI'} "stabilizer (component of a ship)".

  qoD QutlhwI' ngaDmoHwI' 
  inner support stabilizer (KBoP)

>From the poster, this refers to those ceiling supports flanking the captain's chair on the bridge that look like large shock absorbers.  

{ngaD}     be stable, be balanced (vb.)
{ngaDHa'}  be unstable, be unbalanced  (vb.)

These have also never been used in a sentence, but Okrand did discuss the slang phrase {Duj ngaDHa'} "irresponsible/undisciplined person": 

KGT 150:  This expression means literally "unstable vessel, unbalanced vessel." [...] the verb {ngaD} ("be stable, balanced", here followed by the negative suffix {-Ha'}) normally applies to a ship or a physical object, not to a situation or a person. It would be inappropriate to refer to a person as {ngaD} or {ngaDHa'} in a phrase such as *{tera'ngan ngaDHa'} ("unstable Terran"). A standard verb that is close in meaning is {ngIj} ("rowdy, unruly"), as in {tera'ngan ngIj} ("rowdy Terran").



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Voragh
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