Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, February 03, 2022 Klingon word: ronmoH Part of speech: verb Definition: roll, throw Source: Klingon Monopoly, published 1 November 2011 _______________________________________________ Duj ronmoH 'orwI' the pilot banks the vessel (HQ 11.2) HoSHal ghajchugh vay', mI' naghmey tIronmoH. wa'maHlogh boq'egh mI' naghmey; chen qav'ap. ghajwI'vaD qav'ap yIDIl. If [energy source is] owned, throw dice and pay owner a total ten times amount shown. (MKE) SEE: ron roll, bank (e.g. aircraft), be rolling (v) (HQ 11.2): When the plane banks or rolls to one side or the other so that, say, the left wing is pointed somewhat (or even a lot) upwards while the right wing is pointed somewhat (or a lot) downwards, or vice versa, it is said to {ron} "roll". … The attitude of an aircraft is often talked about in terms of angles. The word for angle is {tajvaj}. Klingon {taH} means "be at a negative angle". De’vID chatted with Marc Okrand on March 1, 2019 : DE’VID: ... generalises {ron} "roll" (aircraft wings tilt, one up, one down); we already knew this applied to more than aircraft because it was used for dice in Klingon Monopoly [….] DE'VID: Can any of these verbs take an object, such as an angle or a distance (as appropriate to the verb)? OKRAND: No. To indicate how far the motion was (how far the person/object moved), make use of the verb {Lid}, meaning something like "travel or move a specified or measurable distance or trajectory." The object of {lID} is the distance moved or range of motion. So you could say {ron SuvwI'; chorgh 'uj(mey) lID} "the warrior rolled (haphazardly) for eight *ujes*" (literally, "the warrior rolled; he/she traveled/moved/traversed eight *ujes*"). It could also be the other way around: {chorgh 'uj(mey) lID SuvwI'; ron} "the warrior rolled (haphazardly) for eight *ujes*" (literally, "the warrior traveled/moved/traversed eight *ujes*; he/she rolled"). Or {ron muD Duj; javmaH lawrI'(mey) lID} "the airplane rolled 60º [degrees]". (The semicolons here don't matter. You could also use a period, since, really, they're pairs of sentences. [….] DE'VID: Can {ron} be used for people, such as in martial arts or gymnastics? OKRAND: Yes... IF it means that the person is rolling haphazardly. If the person is doing a somersault (rolling forwards or backwards in a reasonably controlled manner), the verb is {Hay}. If the person is rolling down a hill as if he/she were a log, the verb is {tetlh} (related to the noun meaning "scroll," though it's not used for scrolls... unless a scroll is rolling down a hill). -- Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons Please contribute relevant vocabulary or notes from the last year or two. I’ve fallen woefully behind in updating my files.