[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: chuy
Gaerfindel
gaerfindel at hotmail.com
Fri Jul 19 01:25:24 PDT 2013
ghItlhpu' qurgh, jatlh:
> Is {chuyDaH} "thrusters" - {chuy} + {DaH} "bank, array" - related?
> (They do eject exhaust gases with some force that propel the vehicle.)
jangpu' <Rohan>; jalth:
>A very great likelihood, I should think. Perhaps a shortening of
>*{chuymeH DaH} - maybe engineers' slang? :)
jang SuStel; jatlh:
>Not in Okrand's intention. {chuyDaH} appeared in Star Trek III to
match Christopher Lloyd's mouth saying "thrusters." {chuy} is clearly
unrelated >onomatopoeia.
naj 'e' tIvluH ~quljIb
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