tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri May 10 12:30:49 2002
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Re: Klingon WOTD: lat (n)
>Klingon word: lat
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: shrine
Never used in canon.
If by {lat} Okrand means the portable box containing an image of Kahless,
then we've seen one from time to time in Worf's quarters on TNG and
DS9. There's a close-up photo showing its carved doors open, containing a
statuette of what appears to be Kahless holding a conventional straight
sword (interestingly, NOT his famous bat'leth) in TKW (p. 210). If this is
a {lat}, it would seem to refer to a relatively small household shrine or
altar (cf. the Roman lararium which contained small statuettes of the
household gods) and not a small, roadside {chIrgh} "temple" - also never
used in canon! - assuming Klingons even have these. Klingons would
probably use {lat} to refer to those large bejeweled boxes the Bajorans use
to hold the various "Tears of the Prophets" seen occasionally in DS9.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons