[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: muD Duj

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Klingon word: muD Duj
Part of speech: noun
Definition: airplane, atmosphere vessel
Source: TNK
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RYAN NYP chu' 'oH muD Duj'e' 'ej "ST. LOUIS toDuj" 'oH pongDaj'e'. 
[translation unavailable]  (NASM: Ryan NYP)]

muDDaq neH muD Dujmey vorgh lu'orlu', 'ach loghDaq puvlaH Dujmey
   'orbogh nuv 'e' 'agh X-wa'maH vagh. 
[the X-15] bridged the gap between human flight in the atmosphere and 
  spaceflight.  (NASM: X-15)

ron muD Duj; javmaH lawrI'(mey) lID 
the airplane rolled 60º  (De'vID < MO, 3/01/2019)

'or'egh muD Duj 
the airplane runs automatically
the airplane is on autopilot 
(lit. "the airplane operates itself") (qepHom 2021 booklet)

(HQ 11.2:9):  When the plane moves up or down (not when the nose points up or down, but when the plane increases or decreases altitude, as if the whole plane is being pushed up or down), it is said to {jIm} "heave".  When the nose of an airplane or similar craft moves to the left or the right, the plane is said to {Der} "yaw".  .  The attitude of an aircraft is often talked about in terms of angles.  The word for angle is {tajvaj}.  Klingon {taH} means be at a negative angle. 

(Qov [date?]):  Altitude is how high the airplane is, the Klingon word is {'Iv}, and in English you are at an altitude.

(MO to Lieven, 3/22.2012):  Finally, {raQ}, rather than {ruQ}, is used when manually controlling a ship because the person doing the controlling or manipulating is dealing with controls - switches and buttons or those holographic things they use on Discovery - but not the things that actually make the ship go or move in a particular way. If you manually control the thrusters by pushing a button or two (as opposed to letting the computer take care of things), that's {raQ}; if you manually control the thrusters by physically doing something to them directly (yanking a thruster component or twisting something or banging on something), that's {ruQ}. 

SEE ALSO:
lupDujHom  	shuttlecraft (n)
lunglIH  	turbine;  propeller (n)
lunglIH Duj 	helicopter [standard term] (n)

chuyDaH 	thrusters [use for jet engines?] (n.; pl. only)
vIj  		thruster (n.; sg. only)
  -  A sub-impulse method of propulsion equivalent to jet engines. Used in a planet's 
      atmosphere since impulse drive cannot be used. (DS9 "The Siege")
  -  "Maneuvering thrusters are not responding!" (Ens. Ro, TNG "Cause and Effect")
lolSeHcha 	attitude control thrusters (n)
'eDSeHcha 	take-off/landing thrusters (n)
Saqjan  		landing gear (n)

chIjwI' 		navigator (n)
DeghwI' 	helmsman (n)
'orwI' 		pilot (n)
ghangwI'  	horizon (n)

'or 		operate [an aircraft] (v)
Saq 		land (on ground) (v)
laQ 		fire [e.g. thrusters] (v)
ghoS 		thrust  (v)
vo' 		propel (v)

lol 		be in an attitude [i.e. aircraft] (v)
jen 		be high (v)
ghIr 		descend  (v)
pum 		fall (v)
Sal 		ascend  (v)
toS 		climb (v)

--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons