[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: SaqDaq

[Will Martin]

Apologies for responding to an old post, but…

People seem to be referring to {SaqDaq} as if it were synonymous to “airport”. Airplanes need a long, straight, level, usually paved, dedicated strip on which to pick up speed, into the wind to take off, then they need that same strip, again, into the wind, to land, slow down, and stop.

The Klingon ships we’ve seen land do so as VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing). All they need is a clearing a little larger than the ship, relatively level and stable; not so much even a heliport as a field.

There’s no reason to presume that it has to be a permanent structure.

If you are nearing the surface and you are looking for a place to “put down”, whatever place you arbitrarily choose is probably your {SaqDaq}. If a group of warriors leaves the ship to do a mission, when finished, they’d probably meet {DujDaq}, but if the ship is heading out for supplies, and will return later, they’ll regroup {SaqDaq}, whether the ship is there or not, because that’s where the ship will be later.

pItlh

charghwI’ ‘utlh
(ghaH, ghaH, -Daj)




> On Feb 7, 2025, at 10:50 AM, Steven Boozer via tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol at lists.kli.org> wrote:
> 
> We also have:
>  
> ‘otHel                   dock (n) (qep'a' 2018)
> - (qep'a' 2018):  "any place a vessel is moored, even if there is no structure" 
>  
> (This is one of my favorite puns!)
>  
> rIj                           be moored, anchored (v) (qep'a' 2018) 
> rIjHa'                    be adrift (v) (qep'a' 2018)
> rIjmeH tlhegh    tether, leash (n) (qep'a' 2023) [i.e. mooring line?]
> - (qep’a’ 2023):  “When the context is clear, this is sometimes called simply {rIjwI'} “
> 
> vergh <>                    dock (TKD);  park [an automobile] (MKE) (v)
> vergh                    dock, port (seaport, airport, spaceport) (n) (qep'a' 2018)
>  - (qep'a' 2018) :   "with a structure to attach to, like a pier" 
> 
> --
> Voragh
>  
> ______________________________________________________________________
> From: janSIy . via tlhIngan-Hol
> Sent: Friday, February 7, 2025 7:42 AM
> 
> jatlh Lieven L. Litaer:
> > I don't remember seeing BoPs land very often; The most remarkable
> > was on Vulcan in ST3 and ST4, but that was not an official landing site.
> 
> And in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco in ST4, but that was still not an official landing site.
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