Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, April 11, 2026 Klingon word: 'orwI' Part of speech: noun Definition: pilot, one who operates (an aircraft) Source: [ HQ 11.2 ] _______________________________________________ (HQ 11.2:8): Maltz thought that the best word for operate (an aircraft) was {'or} - so the person who does this would be the {'orwI'}, "one who operates (an aircraft)". In general, {'or} would not be used to refer to the activities of the captain of a spacecraft, or even those of its helmsman, but Maltz said it could be used for the controlling of a shuttlecraft. He was comfortable translating ... {'orwI'} as pilot (the noun). Duj ronmoH 'orwI' the pilot banks the vessel (HQ 11.2:8) nIteb 'atlantIq bIQ'a' chIqbogh 'orwI' wa'DIch mojta' he became the first pilot to cross the Atlantic Ocean solo (NASM, Spirit of St. Louis) USAGE NOTES: (KGT 79): By extension, the term {raQ} is also used when referring to controlling a space vessel 'manually' (that is, when the controls are manipulated directly by a person rather than a computer): {Duj raQ} (He/she controls the ship manually). (MO to Lieven, 3/22.2012): By the way, since you brought it up {raQ}, you might be wondering about {ruQ}. [...] {raQ} and {ruQ} are similarly defined. The difference is that {ruQ} is more likely to be used when the handling alters the configuration of the thing being manipulated and {raQ} is used when the thing being handled doesn't do anything if it's not being handled. [...] Finally, {raQ}, rather than {ruQ}, is used when manually controlling a ship because the person doing the controlling or manipulating is dealing with controls - switches and buttons or those holographic things they use on Discovery - but not the things that actually make the ship go or move in a particular way. If you manually control the thrusters by pushing a button or two (as opposed to letting the computer take care of things), that's {raQ}; if you manually control the thrusters by physically doing something to them directly (yanking a thruster component or twisting something or banging on something), that's {ruQ}. SEE ALSO: muD Duj airplane (n) [i.e. airplane] chIjwI' navigator (n) DeghwI' helmsman (n) puv fly (v) chIj navigate (v) ron roll, bank (e.g. aircraft) (v) ronmoH bank, cause to roll (e.g. aircraft) (v) Dav sway (e.g. aircraft) (v) Pub