<div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">> (Lieven, 11/07/2017) : I need to look back where you mean this, </span><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">> but {rIS} somehow means making a crackling sound, so it can </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">> surely be used for any kind of humming or crackling device, and</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">> also anything that is emitting something besides of sound or </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">> radiation. To detect a warp signature, you actually detect that the</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">> warpdrive is {rIS}ing.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px">These are:</span></font></div><div dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></font></div><div dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px">a. an explanation written by lieven</span></font></div><div dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px">b. an explanation written by 'oqranD and then forwarded by lieven</span></font></div><div dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px">c. an explanation spoken by 'oqranD and then written by lieven</span></font></div><div dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></font></div><div dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Which option is correct ?</span></font></div><div dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></font></div><div dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px">~ nI'ghma</span></font></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 29, 2017 5:39 PM, "Steven Boozer" <<a href="mailto:sboozer@uchicago.edu">sboozer@uchicago.edu</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="quoted-text">Klingon word: rIS<br>
Part of speech: verb<br>
Definition: make a cracking or snapping sound, emit a signal<br>
Source: qepHom 2017<br>
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Lieven (LLL) interviews Okrand (MO) [qepHom 2017 p.13]:<br>
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  MO: For signal I suggest the verb {rIS}. This means "make a<br>
    cracking or snapping sound" but can also be used to mean<br>
    "emit a signal". Maybe Klingons used to use Geiger<br>
    counters a lot.<br>
  LLL:     How is this different to {tlhuD} "emit radiation"?<br>
  MO: {rIS} originally referred to emitting sound only. Later<br>
    the meaning was extended to mean emitting any sort of<br>
    signal - sound, radiation, smell, etc.  {tlhuD} refers to<br>
    radiation only.<br>
  LLL:     So a {rISwI'} would be some sending device, right?<br>
  MO: It could mean this, yes.<br>
  LLL: How would I say that I receive or detect a signal?<br>
    What about {rISHa'}? Is it the opposite of "sending"?<br>
  MO: {rISHa'} would refer to sending a signal improperly, like<br>
    maybe to the wrong person. It wouldn't mean receive or<br>
    detect a signal.<br>
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 yuQDaq Dat rISbogh wabvam Qoylu'.<br>
 The signature sound of the planet, heard everywhere on the surface.<br>
   (DSC "Si Vis Pacem..." [Lieven's subtitles])<br>
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 HoD, paw vay'. rIS 'op pIvghor 'e' vItu'.<br>
 Captain, incoming! Warp signatures detected!<br>
   (DSC "Battle At the Binary Stars" [Lieven's subtitles])<br>
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 (Lieven, 11/07/2017) : I need to look back where you mean this, but {rIS} somehow means making a crackling sound, so it can surely be used for any kind of humming or crackling device, and also anything that is emitting something besides of sound or radiation. To detect a warp signature, you actually detect that the warpdrive is {rIS}ing.<br>
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SEE ALSO:<br>
*rISwI'Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â transponder (n) (DSC "Lethe" [subtitles]);<br>
        sonar (n) (DSC "Si Vis Pacem..." [subtitles])<br>
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jabbI'IDÂ Â Â Â data transmission (n)<br>
maQ       signal, sign (n)<br>
QIn       message (n)<br>
rI'Se'Â Â Â Â Â hailing frequency (n)<br>
Se'Â Â Â Â Â Â Â frequency (n)<br>
Sotlaw'Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â distress call (n)<br>
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Qum       communicate (v)<br>
lab       transmit data (away from a place) (v)<br>
lI'Â Â Â Â Â Â Â transmit data (to a place) (v)<br>
rIt       summon (v)<br>
rI'Â Â Â Â Â Â Â hail (v)<br>
tlhuDÂ Â Â Â Â Â emit [energy, radiation, etc.] (v)<br>
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PUN:Â "making a snapping, crackling, or popping sound" -- Rice Crispies, i.e. "snap, crackle, pop"!<br>
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Voragh<br>
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons<br>
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