[Tlhingan-hol] nuq bop bom: 'ay' wa'vatlh chorghmaH Soch: bIQ HeHmey rar ravHom

[De'vID jonpIn]

De'vID:
>> chay' SeH?  SeHmeH 'ul maQ Qay'a'?  pagh SeHmeH vIH'a' SIrgh'a'?

Qov:
> maQ vIyajbe'.  mu' chu' tetlhmeyDaq vInej 'ach vISamlaHbe'.

chu' mu'vam 'ach chu'be' je.  {maQmIgh} DaSov, qar'a'?  mu' ngo' 'oH.
{mIgh} DaSovbej je.  qen {paq'batlh} wIlaDDI' mu'na' 'oH {maQ}'e' 'e'
wIghojpu'.  raplaw' {maQmIgh}, {maQ mIgh} je.

Based on its use in {paq'batlh} (on p. 63), it means "signal" in the
sense of a sign that some action should be taken.  I was going for
*{'ul maQ} to mean "electrical signal".  I understood you were talking
about cables, but I wasn't sure whether the cables you were referring
to were electrical cables (i.e., they controlled the engine by sending
impulses to its motors) or mechanical/tension cables (i.e., they
controlled the engine by pulling on various mechanical parts).  Also,
it didn't help that {HoS} means both "power" and "energy", so even if
you had said the cables were transferring {HoS}, I wouldn't have been
sure whether they transferred electrical or mechanical energy. (I'm
sure Klingon physicists must have specialised terms for "power",
"energy", and "force", as we do.)  But your description with {luH} and
{yuv} answered my question.

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De'vID