Klingon Word of the Day: SaqDaq
Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, February 04, 2025 Klingon word: SaqDaq Part of speech: noun Definition: landing site Source: qepHom 2018 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh@kli.org).
Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, February 04, 2025 Klingon word: SaqDaq Part of speech: noun Definition: landing site Source: qepHom 2018 _______________________________________________ AFAIK not used in a sentence. Use for runway?, airport? LITERARY QUOTES: "... even the names of countries, and their shapes on the map, had been different. Airstrip One, for instance, had not been so called in those days: it had been called England, or Britain, though London, he felt fairly certain, had always been called London." (George Orwell, _1984_) -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
Am 04.02.2025 um 16:28 schrieb Steven Boozer via tlhIngan-Hol:
Use for runway?, airport?
I think the term {SaqDaq} is quite general, but also focussed on the very spot where a vessel lands. The request was relied to the fact that toQDujmey are known to land, and they have a {Saqjan}. So the question was: what is a landing site? I don't remember seeing BoPs land very often; The most remarkable was on Vulcan in ST3 and ST4, but that was not an official landing site. -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" https://tlhInganHol.com https://klingon.wiki/Word/SakDak
We also have: 'otHel dock (n) (qep'a' 2018) - (qep'a' 2018): "any place a vessel is moored, even if there is no structure" (This is one of my favorite puns!) rIj be moored, anchored (v) (qep'a' 2018) rIjHa' be adrift (v) (qep'a' 2018) rIjmeH tlhegh tether, leash (n) (qep'a' 2023) [i.e. mooring line?] - (qep'a' 2023): "When the context is clear, this is sometimes called simply {rIjwI'} " vergh dock (TKD); park [an automobile] (MKE) (v) vergh dock, port (seaport, airport, spaceport) (n) (qep'a' 2018) - (qep'a' 2018) : "with a structure to attach to, like a pier" -- Voragh ______________________________________________________________________ From: janSIy . via tlhIngan-Hol Sent: Friday, February 7, 2025 7:42 AM jatlh Lieven L. Litaer:
I don't remember seeing BoPs land very often; The most remarkable was on Vulcan in ST3 and ST4, but that was not an official landing site.
And in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco in ST4, but that was still not an official landing site.
Apologies for responding to an old post, but… People seem to be referring to {SaqDaq} as if it were synonymous to “airport”. Airplanes need a long, straight, level, usually paved, dedicated strip on which to pick up speed, into the wind to take off, then they need that same strip, again, into the wind, to land, slow down, and stop. The Klingon ships we’ve seen land do so as VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing). All they need is a clearing a little larger than the ship, relatively level and stable; not so much even a heliport as a field. There’s no reason to presume that it has to be a permanent structure. If you are nearing the surface and you are looking for a place to “put down”, whatever place you arbitrarily choose is probably your {SaqDaq}. If a group of warriors leaves the ship to do a mission, when finished, they’d probably meet {DujDaq}, but if the ship is heading out for supplies, and will return later, they’ll regroup {SaqDaq}, whether the ship is there or not, because that’s where the ship will be later. pItlh charghwI’ ‘utlh (ghaH, ghaH, -Daj)
On Feb 7, 2025, at 10:50 AM, Steven Boozer via tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org> wrote:
We also have:
‘otHel dock (n) (qep'a' 2018) - (qep'a' 2018): "any place a vessel is moored, even if there is no structure"
(This is one of my favorite puns!)
rIj be moored, anchored (v) (qep'a' 2018) rIjHa' be adrift (v) (qep'a' 2018) rIjmeH tlhegh tether, leash (n) (qep'a' 2023) [i.e. mooring line?] - (qep’a’ 2023): “When the context is clear, this is sometimes called simply {rIjwI'} “
vergh <> dock (TKD); park [an automobile] (MKE) (v) vergh dock, port (seaport, airport, spaceport) (n) (qep'a' 2018) - (qep'a' 2018) : "with a structure to attach to, like a pier"
-- Voragh
______________________________________________________________________ From: janSIy . via tlhIngan-Hol Sent: Friday, February 7, 2025 7:42 AM
jatlh Lieven L. Litaer:
I don't remember seeing BoPs land very often; The most remarkable was on Vulcan in ST3 and ST4, but that was not an official landing site.
And in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco in ST4, but that was still not an official landing site.
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On 2/12/2025 1:28 PM, Will Martin via tlhIngan-Hol wrote:
If you are nearing the surface and you are looking for a place to “put down”, whatever place you arbitrarily choose is probably your {SaqDaq}.
Agreed, a "landing site" is not a structure meant for vehicles; it's just whatever place you land your vehicle. Hoch, SaqDaqmaj yIqaw! -- SuStel http://trimboli.name
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