shai-us-gir
shai-us-gir is a word in Vulcan meaning ‘square root’.
Meaning
square root
Pronunciation
Sound out shai-us-gir letter by letter:
- shʃsh as in 'shoe'
- aiaɪi as in 'high'
- uuoo as in 'food'
- sss as in 'sun'
- ggg as in 'go'
- iiee as in 'see'
- rɾlightly tapped r, as in Spanish 'pero'
Usage notes
a divisor of a quantity that when squared gives the quantity (e.g. the square roots of 25 are 5 and -5 because 5 × 5 = 25 and (-5) × (-5) = 25)