[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'aHDuH (noun)

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: 'aHDuH
Part of speech: noun
Definition: prototype
Source: qep'a' 27 [2020]
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(qep'a' 2020):  The request for this word was: "The first transporter prototypes met with limited success, but later proved indispensable for exploring the galaxy."

SEE:
'aH  			paraphernalia (n)
DuH  			possibility, option, preference (n)

SEE ALSO:
ngongmeH Duj 		[experimental ship] (n) (S33)
  - ngongmeH wa' DujDaq nuHmey nISbe'bogh So'wI' jomlu'pu' 
    [A cloaking device which didn't disrupt weaponry was installed in one experimental
     ship.] (S33 untranslated) That ship was the Dakronh, Chang's Bird-of-Prey. (ST6)

TREK NOTES:
"This, ladies and gentlemen, is a phase-modulated energy weapon. It's rated for a maximum power output of five hundred gigajoules. Enterprise was designed to carry three of them. We have one, and it's only a prototype." (Lt. Reed to crew installing the first phase cannon  [ENT "Silent Enemy"])

SISKO:      Chief, did you ever hear of a TR116 rifle? 
O'BRIEN:  It was a prototype. Developed by Starfleet Security to operate in energy dampening 
                  fields or radiogenic environments. 
SISKO:      That's right. Anywhere where a normal phaser would be useless. If I'm not mistaken, 
	    the TR116 rifle fired a chemically propelled tritanium bullet. 
ODO:        You say a prototype. Were they ever mass produced? 
O'BRIEN:  No. Starfleet abandoned the TR116 in favor of regenerative phasers.  [DS9 "Field of Fire"]

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons