[Tlhingan-hol] "Knitting" in Klingon

[Steven Boozer]

For Walter Scotts’ and the Tholians’ “tangled web”, I should think so as the imagery is the same.  For the medical term probably not. What TOS Federation doctors call a bone-knitter, bone-knitting laser or bone regenerator the Klingons call a {petqaD} (etymology unknown):

  The surgeon typically injects a combined stimulant and pain killer,
 before using a {petqaD} to bond broken bones in place and a dermal
 regenerator to suture any wounds. Typical turnaround times allow
 an injured crewman to return to his post within seven minutes.
  [Bird-of-Prey Haynes Manual, p. 107]

Cf. http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Bone-knitting_laser and http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Bone_regenerator


From: Fiat Knox [mailto:fiat_knox at yahoo.co.uk]
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 5:10 AM

Wonder if this can be used in other places where "weave" and "knit" can be found?

Some examples I can think of immediately are Walter Scott's "O what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!" and the medical term for when a broken bone begins to reform, as in "The ends of the bone fracture are knitting together." Also, can this be used to refer to a spider's (or squadron of Tholian ships') web building?

If so, I know some Pagan friends who worship the Fates Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos who will be elated at the news that they can name their favourite deities {San nIqwI'pu'}.


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