tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri May 30 19:31:27 1997

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Re: KLBC: Words for assassin & blade



On Fri, 30 May 1997 12:02:31 -0700 (PDT), Jim LeMaster
<[email protected]> wrote:

::I have a couple of questions about words:	
::
::1) I have read/seen discussion about a Warrior's Knife and also about an	
::   an Assassin's Knife (or blade).
::   I went back to my TKD and found Daqtagh for "Warrior's Knife" and taj
::   for "knife".  Looking further, I did not find a single word listed
::   for "warrior" (could be a personal problem, I'm using my electronic
::   database TKD & could have missed typing it in.) From most things I've
::   seen tlhIngan means/is used for both "Klingon" and "Klingon Warrior".
::   Is that correct?
::   Would a word for warrior alone be ghobwI' <One who wages war>?
::

tlhIngan vajpu' - klingon warriors

vaj (n) warrior.

::3) The Warrior's Knife has been referred to as an "Honor Blade" on DS9.
::   Is there a word for "blade"?
::
ghobe' 

pe'wI' possibly but thats a long stretch


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