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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: beH
{puS} "sight (with gunsight)" was first heard in ST5 and later included in KGT (probably the glossary):
tlha'a HoD, DoS wIpuStaH
Captain Klaa, we have a target in sight. ST5
Cf. {Qeq} "aim (a weapon)"; cf. also the nouns {vI'} "sharpshooting, marksmanship, aim" & {DoS} "target".
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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From: André Müller [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 10:20 AM
I'm updating and checking my notes... but I can't find {puS} in the sense of "to sight (with gunsight)", where is it from? And does it mean to see someone or something through the visual thing on top of a rifle? Has that word been used in canon?
2011/10/31 Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
> Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, October 30, 2011
>
> Klingon word: beH
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: rifle
As used in canon:
tlhIngan nISwI' beH
Klingon Disruptor Rifle. (S14 title)
nISwI' HIch motlh HoS Hal qengwI' naQ tIq je lurarlu'bogh 'oH tlhIngan nISwI' beH'e'
The Klingon disruptor rifle is a standard hand held disruptor, attached to an extended power supply stock. (S14)
KGT 56: a disruptor rifle (likewise with several models) is a {nISwI' beH}. [...] The more general term {pu'}, "phaser", may also apply to the Klingon disruptor, but it is used just as often to refer to the Romulan disruptor, Federation phaser, and other similar devices. Since the word is short, {pu'} is heard frequently--even more frequently than {nISwI'}--especially in the throes of combat, in such formations as {pu'HIch} (phaser pistol), {pu'beH} (phaser rifle) [...] The verb used for shoot when referring to disruptors is {bach}.
KGT 80: Even modern weaponry, such as a disrupter pistol ({nISwI' HIch}) or disrupter rifle ({nISwI' bej} [sic! typo for {beH}]), is decorated. For example, typically the head of any rivet ({veragh}) used has a raised image of some kind, often that of a Klingon warrior's head. Sometimes extra ornamentation, carved of a different material, is attached. This would typically be the case with a family crest ({tuq Degh}).
Related verb: {puS} "sight (with gunsight)"
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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