tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jun 25 07:28:15 2014
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[Tlhingan-hol] FW: Klingon Word of the Day: batleH bey'
> > Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, June 25, 2014
> >
> > Klingon word: batleH bey'
> > Part of speech: noun
> > Definition: Bat'telh display
> > Source:
SuStel:
> yIlughmoH: b*e*tleH bey'.
> Hov leng: tlhIngan 'oHlaw' mungDaj'e'.
Right. From KCD:
betleH bey' bat'leth Display (n)
nuH bey' Pride of Weapons (a ceremonial display of weapons) (n)
quv bey' honor display (n)
{bey'} was formally defined as " ceremonial display" in KGT.
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 ghob'etlh ("One of three weapons traditionally displayed on the {nuH bey'}." (KCD)
A photo of what might be Worf's {nuH bey'} on the walls of his Enterprise-D quarters can be seen in TKW 124. (Cf. TNG "Genesis", etc.) There's also a photo labeled "ritual tools used in the Age of Ascension ceremony" of two {ghanjaq} and a glavin mounted on wall (TKW 204).
"Where are all your weapons? Don't you display your weapons?" (Trelane, TOS "The Squire of Gothos")
Mirror Kirk had a display of exotic knives on the wall over his desk in his quarters on the ISS Enterprise. (TOS "Mirror, Mirror")
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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