[Tlhingan-hol] FW: Propellers and rotors

[Steven Boozer]

Oops!  I sent this to Alan off-list by accident.

-----Original Message-----
From: Steven Boozer 
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2015 12:52 PM
To: 'Alan Anderson' <qunchuy at alcaco.net>
Subject: RE: [Tlhingan-hol] Propellers and rotors

> > Is a specific word possible for a screw-type propeller (sea-ship or 
> > airplane) or helicopter rotor?

Wouldn't *{vo'wI'} "propeller" do or isn't it specific enough technically?  Over the years people have used it for oar, jet (engine) (Qov), propulsion unit, and sail (QeS).

AFAIK Okrand has used {vo'} "propel" once:

  QIStaq qul bIQtIqHomDaq 'etlhDaj vo' nuch
  the coward threw his sword into the fire streams of Kri'stak (PB)

We have a couple of additional hints:

"[Okrand's] literal translation is always skewed a bit, so if you send him "Row, row, row your boat", you'll get back 'Propel, propel, propel your craft'." (KCD executive producer Keith Halper, STK (novel) p.212)

TKW 148:  The commonly heard sendoff [{pe'vIl mu'qaDmey tIbach}] "Curse well!" - roughly comparable in usage to the Federation Standard "Good luck!" - literally means, "Shoot curses forcefully!" Curses are considered a weapon of a sort which must be propelled to their targets.


ghunchu'wI':
> Which do you want to describe? Screw-type (for water) and "blade"-type 
> (for air) propellers are very different. Aircraft propellers and 
> helicopter rotors are essentially spinning wings.



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