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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, June 20, 2014
> 
> Klingon word: jonta'
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: engine

  jonta' neH 
  only the engine TKD

  matHa', DoS jonta' neH 
  Gunner: target engine only. ST3

Note the synonym {QuQ}:

  tujqu'choH QuQ 
  The engine is overheating. TKD/CK

  baHwI', DoS yIbuS. QuQ neH. yaj'a'?
  Gunner: Target engine only - Understood? ST3

TKD 78:  Sometimes one member of a set may be partially analyzed. For example, {jonta'} "engine" begins with {jon}, which is also found in {jonwI'} "engineer", and ends with {ta'}, which also occurs in {mIqta'} "machinery". The other members of these synonym sets, {QuQ} "engine" and {jo'} "machinery", cannot be further analyzed.)

Note, however, the verb {jom} "install (a device), equip" later introduced in KGT.


Useful words:

jan		device (n)
jo'		machinery,  mechanism (n)
mIqta' 	machinery (n)
nguSDI' 	motor (n)
HanDogh 	[warp engine] nacelle (n)

jonwI'  	engineer (n)
jonpIn 	engineering officer (n)


"Engines are for mechanics and menials." (Elaan to Scott, TOS "Elaan of Troyius")

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons