matlh jup mu'mey
Marc Okrand
At the qep'a' chorghDIch
Robyn Stewart and Eric
Andeen were inducted into
the venerable Order of the Friends of
Maltz, and thus permitted to send a
query to their new friend, requesting
his insight on a specific word or
term. Results of the first of these
requests, "bird," appeared in
have at least released Maltz's reply, as
delivered by courier from the
Federation.
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Having been grounded for
much too long (or at least feeling
that way), Maltz was thrilled to learn
that his newest friend wants to be
able to talk about flying, in
particular about "attitudes and
movements" of aircraft.
Maltz thought that the best
word for
--- so the person who does this
would be the 'orwI',
(an aircraft). In general, 'or would
not be used to refer to the activities
of the captain of a spacecraft, or
even those of it's helmsman, but
Maltz said it could be used for the
controlling of a shuttlecraft. He was
comfortable translating 'or as
(the verb) and 'orwI' as
noun).
The
orientation relative to something,
such the ghangwI'
forms in fairly common usage are
lolchu'
attitude (-taH
lolchu'taH
attitude. To maneuver the aircraft to
be in some attitude or other is to
lolmoH the vehicle (-moH
in:
qughmeH Duj vIlolmoH
I put the vessel in the attitude
for cruise (or cruising)
(qugh
vI-
The verb lol can also apply to
people or animals. When it does, it
is usually translated
sentences as:
DuHIvmeH SuvwI' lol ghaH
the warrior is in a stance
to attack you
(Du-
HIv
The verb lol is also used
frequently when talking about
martial arts. In fact, there is a noun
lol that refers to a specific position
in the martial art form Mok'bara.
Weirdly, although Maltz said he
knew of no noun meaning
"attitude," the noun lol may show
up in lolSeHcha
thrusters. Although the middle
element of this wold, SeH, is
certainly the verb
etymology of this word is far from
clear. (If the final element, cha, is,
in fact, cha
some light on early versions of the
device. On the other hand,
something else may be going on
here; maybe lolSeHcha is shortened
from a longer construction. Maltz
didn't know the answer, but he said
it was an interesting question.)
When the nose of an airplane or
similar craft moves to the left or the
right, the plane is said to Der
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
of the plane moves up or down, the
plane is said to tor pitch. (the word
tor also means
thought was apt, since if a four-
legged animal is able to kneel with
either its hind legs or its front legs, it
is able to pitch or tilt up or down.)
All of these words can be used
with the suffix -moH
Duj ronmoH 'orwI'
the pilot banks the vessel
(Duj
'orwI'
When the plane moves up or
down (not when the nose points up
or down, but when the plane
increases or decreases altitude, as if
the whole plane is being pushed up
or down), it is said to jIm
When it moves to the side (not
when the nose points to the left or
right, but when the plane slides to
the left or right without otherwise
changing its orientation), it is said to
Dav
forwards or backwards, it is said to
jer
The attitude of an aircraft is
often talked about in terms of
angles. The word for
Klingon taH means
angle.
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