tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jan 17 09:25:06 2003
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Re: Klingon WOTD: bey' (n)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Friday, January 17, 2003.
>
>Klingon word: bey'
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: ceremonial display
Three types of {bey'mey} are seen in KCD:
betleH bey' bat'leth Display
nuH bey' Pride of Weapons
quv bey' Honor Display
What the precise difference is between these three is unclear. In the
House of SepIch Rite of Ascension chamber, the {quv bey'} looks like the
{nuH bey'} except that it contains two bat'leths and two d'k tahgs, as
opposed to the {nuH bey'} which has one bat'leth, one naQjej, and a
ghab'etlh ("one of three weapons traditionally displayed on the {nuH bey'}"
[KCD]).
A photo of what must be Worf's {nuH bey'} in his Enterprise-D quarters can
be seen in TKW (p. 124).
Don't confuse {bey'} with {HaSta}, the visual display (image) on a monitor.
--
Voragh "Damage control is easy. Reading Klingon
- that's
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons hard!" (Montgomery
Scott, STIV)