Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, February 02, 2017

Klingon word: SeD Part of speech: verb Definition: drive (a land vehicle) Source: qepHom 2016

Never used AFAIK. It's a companion verb for {lIgh} "ride": lupwI' DalIghnIS You must ride the jitney. CK In order to {lIgh} a vehicle apparently one has to {yong} "get in" it. Here's the sightseeing scene from CK: TERRAN: vogh vISuch vIneH. yejquv vaS'a' vISuch vIneH. cha'puj tlhIlHal vISuch vIneH. I want to visit someplace. I want to visit the Great Hall of the High Council. I want to visit the dilithium mines. KLINGON: Sum Daqmeyvam, tera'ngan. These places are nearby, Terran. TERRAN: pa' jIyIt'a'? Can I walk there? KLINGON: ghobe'. lupwI' DalIghnIS. yIyong 'ej pa' yIQam! No. You must ride the jitney. Get in and stand there. TERRAN: naDevvo' jIleghlaHchu'be'. I can't see well from here. KLINGON: HoS lIngwI' wIjuS. 'IH, qar'a'? We're passing a power generator. It's beautiful, isn't it? TERRAN: DaH vay' vIlarghlaH. mu'aw' mInDu'wIj. Daqvam nuq? Now I can smell something. My eyes sting. What is this place? KLINGON: pegh De'vetlh. That is classified information. TERRAN: ghorgh pa'wIjDaq jIchegh? When can I return to my room? There's also {tIj} "board, go aboard" and {ten} "embark" which in English properly refer to ships and aircraft, though the former is used in "Talk Now" WRT taxis and trains: nuqDaq lupwI' mIr vItIj Where is the train station? TNK nuqDaq ra'wI' lupwI' vItIj [Where is the taxi stand?] TNK SEE ALSO: chIj navigate (v) 'or operate/pilot (an aircraft) (v) -- Voragh tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a' Ca'Non Master of the Klingons