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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: way'
> Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, July 02, 2014
>
> Klingon word: way'
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: parry, deflect a lunge
KGT 59: There is an extensive vocabulary for the moves associated with bat'leth use. To thrust or lunge toward one's opponent, for example, is {jop}. To deflect a thrust--that is, to parry--is {way'} ... When teaching someone to use the bat'leth, the tutor will shout out movements--for example, {yIjop! yIway'!} ("Lunge! Defend!"). Generally in such a situation, however, the tutor will used the shortened form of the language known as Clipped Klingon and skip the imperative prefix {yI-}, leaving only the bare verb: {jop! way'!} It is important to note that the tutor is giving the student direct commands ("Lunge! Defend!"), not shouting out the names of movements.
KGT 115 (re {jop 'ej way'} "lunge and deflect"): This idiom, which means "have an argument", is based on movements associated with the bat'leth. During the course of a bout, both parties, among other things, alternately lunge ({jop}), that is, push the bat'leth toward the opponent, and deflect ({way'}), or use the bat'leth to push the oncoming one away. Each side, then, engages in both offensive and defensive movements, and this alternation of roles is likened to a verbal duel. In using the expression, the appropriate verbal affixes are attached; for example, {wIjoppu' 'ej wIway'pu'} ("We have lunged and we have deflected"--that is, "We have had an argument"). If the two verbs are reversed ({way' 'ej jop} ["deflect and lunge"]), the idea of have an argument is not present, though the phrase is perfectly well formed if referring to a bat'leth bout.
The *{mong'em} maneuver is "A parry where you thrust a sword or other edged weapon behind your neck in order to block an attack from the rear." (Keith R.A. DeCandido, "Diplomatic Implausibility")
Similar words:
yan wield, use or manipulate a sword (v)
bot prevent, block, prohibit (v)
begh deflectors (pl. n.)
ghoH argue, dispute (v)
Sol quarrel (v)
ja'chuq discuss (v)
tlhoch contradict (v)
qap insist (v)
Cf. also the idiom {notlh tonSaw'lIj} "Your argument is invalid". (qep'a' 2012)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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