English: torpedo tube, *chetvi*, spear-throwing device
German: Torpedorohr
Source: TKD (82 KE, 157 EK, 159 EK)
Category: weaponry
KLCP Level: 2
KGT p. 56: Ships are also equipped with an explosive weapon called a peng,usually translated as "torpedo," though "missle" might work just as well. Theplural form of peng is a different word, cha. A peng is launched from atube usually called a DuS, but another term, chetvI', is also used, thedistinction having something to do with how the projectile is actually loadedinto the tube. The verb used for "launch" or "fire" a weapon of this type isbaH, and there is even a special word, ghuS, meaning "prepare to launch." The warhead of the torpedo is called its jorneb (which seems to contain theverb jor ["explode"] but is otherwise not analyzable).
lo'laHbe'; chetvI' chIm rur
worthless as an empty torpedo tube
Type: simile - Source: KGT