tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jun 01 08:33:01 1997
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Re: KLBC: Words for assassin & blade
- From: "SuSvaj" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Words for assassin & blade
- Date: Sun, 1 Jun 1997 11:33:41 -0400
jang SuStel
> {ghobwI'} is an interesting word. It certainly means "one who wages
war," so
> we're left with the question of why we don't see this word used as
"warrior."
> Perhaps {ghob} is less concerned with hand-to-hand combat (which would be
> {Suv}) and refers to large-scale battle.
However we have *ghobchuq loDnI'pu'*, as the name of Worf's statue, which
is certainly a hand to hand combat depiction. Perhaps *ghobwI'* is a more
general term, such as "combatant."
SuSvaj