chIch vay' 'oy'moHmeH 'oy'naQ 'ul law' tlhuD 'oH Painstiks ... emit a highly-charged shock for the express purpose of inflicting pain. S32
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I just want to say that I like this canon example. I never would have thought of using {'ul law'} for "highly-charged shock".
Which raises a question: does {law'} make {'ul} plural? In other words, does a Klingon interpret this phrase and "many electricities"? Or can {law'} be used with non-count nouns to mean something like "much" or "a large amount of"?
I think the latter. I found four more clear examples: HoS law'qu' luch law'qu' je lo' Duj nuH pat Hub pat je A huge amount of the ship's power and technology is devoted to its weapons grid and defensive systems. SP3 {HoS law'qu'} "a huge amount of ... power" {luch law'qu'} "a huge amount of ... technology" ({luch} "equipment, gear" HoS law'qu' natlhmo' So'wI' Due to the tremendous energy drain of a cloaking device... S33 {HoS law'qu'} "tremendous energy" yuQ SumDaq cha'puj law' Datu' Detect large sums of dilithium on nearby planet. MKE {cha'puj law'} "large sums of dilithium" - N.B. not *{cha'pujqut law'} "many dilithium crystal(s)" I also found two more less clear examples: cha' choQmey naQ tu'lu' 'ej tep choQ bIngDaq lo' law' bID choQ tu'lu' 2 Full Decks and a Half Utility Deck under the Cargo Deck KBoP lo' law' lojmIt utility hatch. KBoP {lo' law'} "many use(s)" or "much use/worth"? (BTW these are the only examples of the noun {lo'} "use, worth" AFAIK.) -- Voragh tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a' Ca'Non Master of the Klingons