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

[Steven Boozer]

>>> HoSHal ghajchugh vay', mI' naghmey tIronmoH.  wa'maHlogh
>>>  boq'egh mI' naghmey; chen qav'ap.  ghajwI'vaD qav'ap yIDIl.
>>> "If [energy source is] owned, throw dice and pay owner a
>>>  total ten times amount shown."
 
Voragh:
>> Is {HoSHal} actually written as one word?  Okrand already used
>> it on SkyBox Card S14 as two words:

De'vID:
> HIja'.

OK, so they're two different things then:

{HoS Hal}  power supply, power source S14 (i.e. power pack/cell/module)
 (cf. {'ul 'aplo'} battery)
 - nISwI' HIch motlh HoS Hal qengwI' naQ tIq je lurarlu'bogh 'oH tlhIngan nISwI' beH'e'.  The Klingon disruptor rifle is a standard hand held disruptor, attached to an extended power supply stock. S14


{HoSHal}  energy source (MKE)
  In 2267 the Enterprise briefly disrupted all power sources on the surface of 892-IV as a show of force. (TOS "Bread and Circuses")
  Pergium is a mineral used on many planets as a source of power for life-support systems and is found in abundance on Janus VI. (TOS "The Devil in the Dark")
 (cf. {HoS lIngwI'} power generator & {HoS waw'} energy facility)
 - HoSHal ghajchugh vay', mI' naghmey tIronmoH. wa'maHlogh boq'egh mI' naghmey; chen qav'ap. ghajwI'vaD qav'ap yIDIl.  If [energy source is] owned, throw dice and pay owner a total ten times amount shown. MKE


Since a {HoSHal} can be owned in a game of Monopoly, it's a privately-owned utility.  Apparently it's a variant of a {HoS waw'} in the game:

{HoS waw'}  energy facility (MKE)
 (cf. {HoS lIngwI'} power generator & {HoSHal} energy source)
 - pIraqSIS HoS waw' ghajlu'chugh, loSlogh boq'egh mI' naghmey mI'; chen qav'ap.  If Praxis Energy Facility is owned, rent is 4 times amount shown on dice. MKE


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons