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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


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