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

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'utchugh 'oH vaj QuQ yItujqu'choHmoH ! jISaHbe' ! romuluSngan wIjuSnIS !
if it is necessary then overheat the engine ! I don't care ! we need
to pass the romulans !

maSutlhta'DI', toQDujDaq QuQ chu''e' wIjomta'bogh wIHevlaH.
when we finished negotiating, we were able to receive the new engine
which we installed at our bird of prey.

QuQchaj boQaw'DI' neH, bochungHa'moHlaH.
only when you destroy their engine, will you be able to make them decelerate.

QuQ novDaq Hujbogh Degh law' lutu'lu'. pagh bIH So'Ha'laH.
at that alien engine there are many strange symbols. no one is able to
decrypt them.

ghobvIpbogh nuch SoHchugh vaj DuQaHbogh QuQ tu'lu'be'.
if you are a coward who is afraid to fight, then no engine is able to help you.

tlhIngan Hol luSo'Ha'meH boQwI' QuQ luchenmoHta' tera'ngan.
in order to decrypt the klingon language, terans built the boQwI' engine.

mayqel mIv Hurgh qunnoq
I refuse to eat qagh ! I'd rather eat some octopus..



On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 4:29 PM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:
>> Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, March 21, 2016
>>
>> Klingon word: QuQ
>> Part of speech: noun
>> Definition: engine
>> Source: TKD
>
>   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.
>
> N.B. {jonta'} "engine" is a synonym.  How it differs from {QuQ} is unclear.  E.g.
>
>   matHa', DoS jonta' neH
>   Gunner: target engine only. ST3
>
>   jonta' neH
>   only the engine TKD
>
> SEE ALSO:
>
> jan             device (n)
> jo'             machinery, mechanism (n)
> mIqta'  machinery (n)
> nguSDI'         motor (n)
>
>
> "Engines are for mechanics and menials." (Elaan to Scott, TOS "Elaan of Troyius")
>
>
> --
> Voragh
> tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a'
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
>
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