[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ngotrI'tal

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: ngotrI'tal
Part of speech: noun
Definition: parallel
Source: qep'a' 30 [2023]
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AFAIK not used in a sentence.

(https://klingon.wiki/En/Coordinates ):
   The modern words used for the imaginary lines used in determining coordinates - 
    or the actual lines on a map or similar image - are:
         ngotrI'tal 		"parallel"    [i.e. horizontal line on map]
         lungrI'tal 		"meridian" [i.e. vertical line on map]
    The traditional terms from which these were derived are:
         ngottal
         lungtal
         lechtal 
    Again, Maltz didn't know how to translate these, but he said the arrangement
    formed triangles.

For a more detailed explanation see Lieven's helpful webpage on the Klingon coordinate system at https://klingon.wiki/En/Coordinates 

SEE:
Quv		coordinates (sg. n.)
ngotrI' 		latitude (n)
lungrI' 		longitude (n)
ghaptal		equator (parallel zero) (n)

SEE ALSO:
Don 		be parallel, go parallel to (v)
HeDon 		parallel course (n)

'u' quq 		parallel universe (n)
'u' Dop  	mirror universe (n)

--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons