tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jan 20 15:58:16 2000
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Re: meqleH (again)
- From: TPO <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: meqleH (again)
- Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 18:58:10 -0500
>Most likely betleH became the generic term for a weapon of
>a similar type to the single entity in the universe known
>as the batlh 'etlh. qelIS 'etlh neH 'oH batlh 'etlh'e'.
>There is only one batlh 'etlh. There are many betleHmey.
>The word betleH sounds a lot like batlh 'etlh. Maybe that
>is intentional. Maybe not. We can't know.
...
>Well, first, you may very well be wrong to assume that
>betleH is a corruption of batlh 'etlh. Second, even if you
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KGT p59:
...,the first bat'leth was forged by Kahless the Unforgettable, the founder
of the Klingon Empire, from a lock of his hair dipped in molten lava.
Kahless created the name [betleH], meaning "sword of honor." The word
[betleH] is actually an archaic form. In contemporary Klingon, "sword of
honor" would be [batlh 'etlh], though this phrase is used almost exclusively
as a translation or explanation of the older word, [betleH].
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>
>> i.e. betleH comes from batlh'etlh (sword of honor)
well, as we see in KGT its the other way around.
DloraH