[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ngI'

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, March 13, 2022

Klingon word: 	ngI'
Part of speech: 	verb
Definition: 	be pressurized
Source: 	qep'a' 24
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ngI'chu' muD 
Atmosphere pressurization complete. (DSC/Qov "The Butcher's Knife...")

 (qep'a' 2017 New Words):  For the notion of pressurized (as what happens inside an airplane to make sure those yellow masks don't fall down), Maltz said to use the verb {ngI'} "have a weight of, weigh".  <…>  The lack of an expressed object (the specific weight) is not a problem. It may be weird or pointless to say {ngI' muD}, but it's not ungrammatical.

SEE:
ngI'  		have a weight of, weigh (v)
  - wejvatlh SochmaH vagh SaD cheb'a'mey ngI' Duj 
     Mass: 8.7 KT. KBoP

SEE ALSO:
Surmen 	pressure (n)
wa'lay 		mass (n)

HIS 		be compressed (as in air) (v)
'ugh 		be heavy (v)
tIS 		be light (weight) (v)


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