tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Dec 13 09:01:07 2000
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Re: Klingon WOTD: yoD (v)
: Klingon word: yoD
: Part of Speech: verb
: Definition: shield
Okrand's various comments on the noun {yoD} are interesting:
"The Klingon word {botjan} refers to shields or protective force fields on a
ship. The hand-held shield associated with traditional hand-to-hand combat is
called {yoD}." (KCD)
The {ghab'etlh} is a "gutting device, used in balance with a shield when
practicing the Klingon warrior fighting style of {qIjatlh}" (KCD). [N.B. the
spelling of these two words heard in KCD is uncertain, as Okrand didn't include
them in KGT.]
"As protection against these various weapons, a warrior often carried a shield,
or {yoD}, basically a large plate of metal. The verb form of 'shield' is also
{yoD}, and to 'shield oneself' is {yoD'egh}. (Although the Federation Standard
word 'shields' refers to both the old hand-held protective armor, and the force
field protecting a vessel--the newer meaning clearly based on the older--in
Klingon, there is no connection between the two. The force field on a ship is
called {botjan}. To shield a ship, one must 'activate the shields', or {botjan
chu'}.)" (KGT p.67)
Related vocabulary includes the verbs {Hub} "defend", {Qan} "protect" and {'av}
"guard".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons