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

[lojmIt tI'wI'nuv]

Perhaps it would help to distinguish among

QummeH 'ul
HoSmeH 'ul
wovmeH 'ul
ra'meH 'ul

Just a thought. Here on Earth, most forms of energy are used one way. Fuel burns for heat, or explodes to drive crank shafts (typically to turn wheels or propellers), or essentially forms a sustained explosion to drive turbines to push things through the air or to generate electricity. The electricity gets used in all sorts of ways. Computers and communication devices, locomotives, industrial robots, flashlights, spotlights (all those other kinds of lights, except for kerosine lamps), and all manner of other functions where either batteries or AC wires will power them.

pItlh
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On Jun 1, 2012, at 3:00 PM, Robyn Stewart wrote:

> I considered that, but from sign, omen to something describing electricity ... it's a bit of a stretch. QIn or jabbI'ID would have been clearer for
> me. 'ul alone was sufficient. 
> 
> Sent from a mobile device through a temporary connection. 
> 
> On 2012-06-01, at 11:15, "De'vID jonpIn" <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> -- 
>> De'vID
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