tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jun 27 06:19:39 2005
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Re: Klingon WOTD: botjan (noun)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Friday, June 24, 2005.
>
>Category: Weapons/War
>
>Klingon word: botjan
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: shields (force field on a ship)
>
>Additional Notes:
>KGT p. 67: As protection against these various weapons, a warrior often
>carried a shield, or {yoD}, basically a large plate of metal. The verb
>form of "shield" is also {yoD}, and to "shield oneself" is
>{yoD'egh}. (Although the federation Standard word "shields" refers to
>both the old hand-held protective armor and the force field protecting a
>vessel--the newer meaning clearly based on the older--in Klingon, there is
>no connection between the two. The force field on a ship is called
>{botjan}. To shield a ship, one must "activate the shields," or {botjan
>chu'}.)
As used in canon:
botjan yIchu'
Raise shields! KCD -
I'm pretty sure this refers to the device {jan} or shield generator, not
the energy fields themselves, which are called {HoSchem} "energy field" or
{Surchem} "force field". One activates a device {jan chu'} which generates
the protective shields, like one activates the cloaking device {So'wI'}.
Cf. also {begh botjan} "deflector shield(s)", i.e. the device {jan} vs. the
deflectors {begh} themselves (itself?).
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons