tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Sep 13 06:51:15 1994
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Re: "leveq"
- From: "R.B Franklin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: "leveq"
- Date: Tue, 13 Sep 1994 15:46:09 -0700 (PDT)
- Cc: Klingon Language List <[email protected]>
- In-Reply-To: <9409132107.AA10015@ bush.cs.tamu.edu>
On Tue, 13 Sep 1994, Erich Schneider wrote:
> Ka'lIy writes:
>
> >Isn't the leveq that funky little knife gadget with the two extra short
> >blades that snap out just at the most opportune times???
>
> This is a Klingonaase word, "le'vek", invented by John Ford for the
> second edition of the _The Klingons_ supplement for _Star Trek: The
> RPG_. He translates it there as "three-knife".
>
> Seeing as we use thlIngan Hol here, not Klingonaase, the confusion is
> understandable. /qutluch/ or /betleH/ are available for use in
> tlhIngan Hol, however. (The first is something more possible to have
> in one's pocket; however, it's the traditional weapon of assassins,
> and thus it's probably not too keen to bandy the word about casually.)
>From Marc Okrand's translation, appearing on the SkyBox trading card,
SP2, he refers to the dagger with the two retractable blades as
{thlIngan may' taj} (Klingon battle knife) and {SuvwI' taj} ("blade of
the warrior").
> -QumpIn 'avrIn
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