On Saturday 25 Mar 2017 00:20:06 ghunchu'wI' 'utlh wrote:
On Mar 24, 2017, at 12:01 PM, Jeremy Silver <jp.silver@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: Would we have or want a word (or a way to describe): pump (v) - as in move fluids through pipes.
The verb {ghIt} is glossed "flow, gush, spout". I don't know whether it can describe water moving in a pipe, or if it is exclusive to a fluid exiting or being forced out. If the former, then {ghItmoHwI'} would be a pump -- except it is already in the lexicon as "fountain". I guess {ghoSmoHwI'} will have to do.
We're after the verb. Adding {-wI'} to it should be a given to create the noun. Assuming {ghIt} is only for gushing and spouting out, it's the word for when something has gone *badly* wrong if the fluid is your very life-blood or the content of the head's storage tank. There are some fun stories (if they don't get deleted) from former submariners about what can happen if the wrong valve gets turned.