[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: lupwI'

[David Trimboli]

From: Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu>

> Voragh:
>>> As used in canon:
>>>
>>>  lupwI' DalIghnIS You must ride the jitney. CK
> 
> Philip:
>> Ah, so {lIgh} is not (just?) for animals such as horses.
> 
> AFAIK that line from CK is the only canon example for {lIgh} "ride".
> So the question is actually: Can you also use {lIgh} for animals?
> 
>>> The nomen agentis from the verb {lup} "transport".  Cf. also
>>> {lupDujHom} "shuttlecraft".
>> 
>> I wonder whether there are also {lupDujmey} that aren't {-Hom}.
> 
> I've always used *{lupDuj} for larger passenger shuttles, transport
> ships, runabouts, troopships, as well as airplanes, etc. But what
> Klingons call them is unknown.

There is also {DujHom} used in Star Trek V:

DujHomDaq ghaHtaH
he's on the shuttlecraft

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