[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: qoq

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon word:   qoq
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition:     robot

Never used in a sentence.

Can {qoq} be used for "android"?

Language note (relevant WRT to robots and androids, like Data?):

HQ 10.4:  "There is a difference of opinion, however, about which plural suffix to use for a few birds capable of mimicking speech, such as the {vIlInHoD} and the {qaryoq} (and the larger {qaryoq'a'}), with some Klingons using {-mey} but others preferring {-pu'}, the plural suffix for beings capable of using language.

AFAIK we've never seen a Klingon robot, android, or even a talking computer for that matter.   Perhaps Klingons are uncomfortable with speaking machines.  (Certainly Paramount's special effects people seem to be!)

"Robots" in Trek:

  Sargon, Thalassa and Henoch constructed "android robot bodies" for themselves aboard the Enterprise; the referred to them indiscriminately as robots or androids. (TOS "Return to Tomorrow")

  The Woden--a large slow-moving, old style ore freighter converted to automation--was destroyed by M-5 in 2268; it was also referred to as an unmanned "robot ship". (TOS "The Ultimate Computer")


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons