[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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