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Re: Klingon WOTD: jey'naS (n)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: jey'naS (n)
• Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 13:28:08 -0600
• In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

At 05:00 AM Sunday 1/11/2004, you wrote:
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Sunday, January 11, 2004.
>
>Klingon word:   jey'naS
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition:     double-headed ax
>
>Additional Notes: KGT p. 63.

   The general term for ax is {'obmaQ}. Its handle is its {DeS} and
   its blade is its {ghIt}. These words, {DeS} and {ghIt}, when
   referring to humanoid anatomy, mean "arm" and "open, flat hand"
   (as opposed to a fist), respectively, suggesting that at one time
   the ax was considered an extension of the warrior himself. A
   double-headed ax is a {jey'naS}, while an ax with an added spike
   at the end is a {'alngegh}. To wield or swing an ax is {Qach}.
   [KGT pp. 63f]

Note the simile:

   yuD; jey'naS rur
   dishonest as a double-headed ax (KGT)


and the pun on "Janus" (the double-faced Roman god).



-- 
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons 

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