Klingon Word of the Day: Sotlaw'
Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, April 13, 2021 Klingon word: Sotlaw' Part of speech: noun Definition: distress call Source: TKD This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh@kli.org).
Klingon word: Sotlaw' Part of speech: noun Definition: distress call _______________________________________________ AFAIK never used in a sentence. TREK TRIVIA: T'Pol doubted there was a distress beacon on the Somraw. "Klingons don't call for help." (ENT "Sleeping Targs") However, Arik Soong used an escape pod (equipped with an automated distress beacon) to escape from the Bird-of-Prey his Augment “children” had captured in 2154. (ENT “The Augments”) PUN: "shout loud"? SEE ALSO: ghum [sound an] alarm (v) QaH help, aid (v) rIS make a cracking/snapping sound; signal, emit a signal (v) Se' frequency (n) rI'Se' hailing frequency (n) 'evnagh Se' subspace radio (n) ghum alarm (n) rISwI' transponder (sonar) (n) HablI' data transceiving device (n) QumwI' communicator (n) chaDvay' radio frequency (n) wab HevwI' radio (n) (TNK) wab labwI' radio service, broadcaster, radio transmitter (n) - (qep'a' 2017): This is used for broadcaster, radio service, etc. It can also be used for the device that does the transmitting. If a distinction must be made, the device is {wab labwI' jan}. -- Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons Please contribute relevant vocabulary from the last year or two. I’ve fallen behind in updating my files and adding cross-references for related words.
On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 at 17:52, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
Klingon word: Sotlaw' Part of speech: noun Definition: distress call _______________________________________________
AFAIK never used in a sentence.
TREK TRIVIA: T'Pol doubted there was a distress beacon on the Somraw. "Klingons don't call for help." (ENT "Sleeping Targs") However, Arik Soong used an escape pod (equipped with an automated distress beacon) to escape from the Bird-of-Prey his Augment “children” had captured in 2154. (ENT “The Augments”)
PUN: "shout loud"?
SEE ALSO: ghum [sound an] alarm (v) QaH help, aid (v) rIS make a cracking/snapping sound; signal, emit a signal (v)
Se' frequency (n) rI'Se' hailing frequency (n) 'evnagh Se' subspace radio (n)
ghum alarm (n) rISwI' transponder (sonar) (n) HablI' data transceiving device (n) QumwI' communicator (n)
chaDvay' radio frequency (n) wab HevwI' radio (n) (TNK) wab labwI' radio service, broadcaster, radio transmitter (n) - (qep'a' 2017): This is used for broadcaster, radio service, etc. It can also be used for the device that does the transmitting. If a distinction must be made, the device is {wab labwI' jan}.
I'm surprised you didn't mention the verb {Sot}: "be distressed, be in distress". Folk etymology: I imagine that when Klingons started signalling for help, whomever saw the signals said {Sotlaw'} "he/she is/they are apparently in distress", and over time, this expression became frozen as a noun referring to the signal itself. -- De'vID
I’m surprised I didn’t as well. We even have an unofficial example from Hamlet: 'ej, pIvmo', wovqu'taHvIS wuqbogh qab, 'oH ropmoH rIntaH Sotbogh qech ghom Hurgh. "And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought." [TKH, Hamlet’s soliloquy (Act III Scene 1?)] GORKON: You have never experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon. [ST6: The Undiscovered Country] -- Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons From: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol-bounces@lists.kli.org> On Behalf Of De'vID On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 at 17:52, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu<mailto:sboozer@uchicago.edu>> wrote: Klingon word: Sotlaw' Part of speech: noun Definition: distress call _______________________________________________ PUN: "shout loud"? SEE ALSO: ghum [sound an] alarm (v) QaH help, aid (v) rIS make a cracking/snapping sound; signal, emit a signal (v) Se' frequency (n) rI'Se' hailing frequency (n) 'evnagh Se' subspace radio (n) ghum alarm (n) rISwI' transponder (sonar) (n) HablI' data transceiving device (n) QumwI' communicator (n) chaDvay' radio frequency (n) wab HevwI' radio (n) (TNK) wab labwI' radio service, broadcaster, radio transmitter (n) I'm surprised you didn't mention the verb {Sot}: "be distressed, be in distress". Folk etymology: I imagine that when Klingons started signalling for help, whomever saw the signals said {Sotlaw'} "he/she is/they are apparently in distress", and over time, this expression became frozen as a noun referring to the signal itself.
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