On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 at 17:52, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
Klingon word: Sotlaw' Part of speech: noun Definition: distress call _______________________________________________
AFAIK never used in a sentence.
TREK TRIVIA: T'Pol doubted there was a distress beacon on the Somraw. "Klingons don't call for help." (ENT "Sleeping Targs") However, Arik Soong used an escape pod (equipped with an automated distress beacon) to escape from the Bird-of-Prey his Augment “children” had captured in 2154. (ENT “The Augments”)
PUN: "shout loud"?
SEE ALSO: ghum [sound an] alarm (v) QaH help, aid (v) rIS make a cracking/snapping sound; signal, emit a signal (v)
Se' frequency (n) rI'Se' hailing frequency (n) 'evnagh Se' subspace radio (n)
ghum alarm (n) rISwI' transponder (sonar) (n) HablI' data transceiving device (n) QumwI' communicator (n)
chaDvay' radio frequency (n) wab HevwI' radio (n) (TNK) wab labwI' radio service, broadcaster, radio transmitter (n) - (qep'a' 2017): This is used for broadcaster, radio service, etc. It can also be used for the device that does the transmitting. If a distinction must be made, the device is {wab labwI' jan}.
I'm surprised you didn't mention the verb {Sot}: "be distressed, be in distress". Folk etymology: I imagine that when Klingons started signalling for help, whomever saw the signals said {Sotlaw'} "he/she is/they are apparently in distress", and over time, this expression became frozen as a noun referring to the signal itself. -- De'vID