Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, September 30, 2024 Klingon word: 'och Part of speech: noun Definition: tunnel, conduit _______________________________________________ HoS QaymeH 'och power transfer conduit. (BoP Poster) nuH HoS 'och weapon(s) power conduit (BoP Poster) yu'egh meqHoD 'och Axial Waveform Bypass Conduit ["waveform bypass conduit"] (BOP Haynes) (HQ 12.2:7): For the end of a longish enclosed space that one is typically inside of or experiences from the inside, such as a corridor, tunnel, or conduit (say, a Jeffries tube or a branch of the sewers of Paris), a different word is used: {qa'rI'}. This is the only word; it's used for both (or all) ends. The open entryway leading into such a space is called a {Din}. If there's a door there, it's referred to by the usual word for door, {lojmIt}. (QeS, 7/29/2013): Since we lack a verb for to go across in the sense of crossing a river, I've wondered for a while now as to whether {vegh} "go through" might be appropriate. When I asked Marc this, he explained that in order to sensibly talk about {vegh}-ing a bridge, the bridge would have to be covered over - that is, some form of {'och}. So basically, it seems that to {vegh} an object, the object must completely encircle the vector of travel. (Marc did also add that it need not be pedantically exact: a meshwork or cage-like object can also be {vegh}-ed, so long as the object is still essentially ringlike or tunnel-like.) SEE: 'och mutlhwI' plumber (n) SEE ALSO: qatlhDa' water pipe (n) chob corridor (n) 'ImSIng sewer (n) tlhIlHal mine (n) DIS cave (n) taSman ditch (n) Qargh fissure (n) ngech valley (n) -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons