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

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, September 30, 2024

Klingon word: 'och
Part of speech: noun
Definition: tunnel, conduit
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HoS QaymeH 'och 
power transfer conduit. (BoP Poster)

nuH HoS 'och 
weapon(s) power conduit (BoP Poster)

yu'egh meqHoD 'och 
Axial Waveform Bypass Conduit ["waveform bypass conduit"] (BOP Haynes)

(HQ 12.2:7):  For the end of a longish enclosed space that one is typically inside of or experiences from the inside, such as a corridor, tunnel, or conduit (say, a Jeffries tube or a branch of the sewers of Paris), a different word is used: {qa'rI'}.  This is the only word; it's used for both (or all) ends.  The open entryway leading into such a space is called a {Din}.  If there's a door there, it's referred to by the usual word for door, {lojmIt}. 

(QeS, 7/29/2013):   Since we lack a verb for to go across in the sense of crossing a river, I've wondered for a while now as to whether {vegh} "go through" might be appropriate. When I asked Marc this, he explained that in order to sensibly talk about {vegh}-ing a bridge, the bridge would have to be covered over - that is, some form of {'och}. So basically, it seems that to {vegh} an object, the object must completely encircle the vector of travel. (Marc did also add that it need not be pedantically exact: a meshwork or cage-like object can also be {vegh}-ed, so long as the object is still essentially ringlike or tunnel-like.)

SEE:
'och mutlhwI'  		plumber (n)

SEE ALSO:
qatlhDa' 		water pipe (n)
chob 			corridor (n)
'ImSIng 			sewer (n)
tlhIlHal 			mine (n)

DIS 			cave (n)
taSman 		ditch (n)
Qargh 			fissure (n)
ngech 			valley (n)


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