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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, January 16, 2014
> 
> Klingon word: nIS
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: disrupt, interfere

janmey ngo' lulo'lu'DI' pIj jabbI'ID nISpu' woj 
Older models were susceptible to radiation. S19

ngongmeH wa' DujDaq nuHmey nISbe'bogh So'wI' jomlu'pu' 
[A cloaking device which didn't disrupt weaponry was installed
 in one experimental ship. (untr.)] S33

Qombe'! nISbe' jevwI', 'ej not ruS baq. 
That looks on tempests and is never shaken. (Sonnet 116)
["It does not tremble! The storm does not disrupt it, and it
  never terminates the bond."] 

KGT 58:  The gloves did not have fingers. They were designed ... to not interfere with the mobility of a warrior's fingers.

Trek Trivia:

Cellular disruption occurs when a body's cells explode from within; it's fatal. (TOS "That Which Survives")


Similar words:

nISwI'  		disruptor (i.e. *vird'dakaase* in Klingonaase)
nISwI' beH  	disruptor rifle
nISwI' HIch  	disruptor pistol, hand-held disruptor 
nISwI' tal  	disruptor cannon
nISwI' tIH  	disruptor beam 

mun 			intervene (v)
Haq  			intervene in (a situation) (slang) (v)
'oD 			arbitrate, mediate (v)
chenHa'moH 	destroy (something) (v)


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons