[tlhIngan Hol] windlass
Jeremy Silver
jp.silver at tiscali.co.uk
Fri Feb 7 10:46:14 PST 2020
To me a {jIrmoHwI'} is basically something that causes rotation, but there is
this variety that doesn't use ropes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Lock_(water_navigation)#Windlass_(%22lock_key%22)
It's just a metal handle that generates leverage to cause something to turn so
I'd guess it qualifies for the basic definition. Though I'm not sure what you'd
preface it with.
HTH
On Friday, 7 February 2020 14:57:29 GMT Lieven L. Litaer wrote:
> I think my question more about English than Klingon.
>
> Regarding the word {tlhegh jIrmoHwI'} which is translated as "windlass",
> what other kinds of {X jIrmoHwI'} would make sense, and how would you
> translate {jIrmoHwI'} without doing it literally?
>
> In other words, is there a "windlass" not used with a rope?
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