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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon word:   'or
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition:     pilot, operate (an aircraft)

HQ 11.2:  Maltz thought that the best word for operate (an aircraft) was {'or} - so the person who does this would be the {'orwI'}, "one who operates (an aircraft)". In general, {'or} would not be used to refer to the activities of the captain of a spacecraft, or even those of its helmsman, but Maltz said it could be used for the controlling of a shuttlecraft. He was comfortable translating {'or} as "pilot" (the verb) and {'orwI'} as "pilot" (the noun).

KGT 79:  By extension, the term {raQ} is also used when referring to controlling a space vessel "manually" (that is, when the controls are manipulated directly by a person rather than a computer): {Duj raQ} ("He/she controls the ship manually").

PUN: Orville Wright!

Related words:

chIj 		navigate (v)

One can use {nIteb} "alone, on one's own" when flying "solo":

  nIteb DujlIj yIchIj
  Navigate your vessel alone. (TKW)

ronmoH  	bank, cause to roll (e.g. an aircraft) (v)

  Duj ronmoH 'orwI' 
  the pilot banks the vessel (HQ 11.2:8)

puv 		fly (v)
chIjwI' 	navigator (n)
DeghwI' 	helmsman



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