tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Apr 04 13:03:03 2003
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jajvamDaq wejmaH vagh ben
"<< pelegh! naDev ghoS najwI' >>
jatlhchuq chaH
<< wIHoH
'ej najmeylIj San wIlegh >>"
qa'vam wejmaH Soch: wa'maH Hut - cha'maH
(Which is my attempt at translating the quote on the
memorial plaque at the National Civil Rights Museum)
Martin Luther King, Jr
Jan 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968
Founding President
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
"They said to one another,
Behold, here cometh the dreamer.
Let us slay him
And we shall see what will become of his dreams."
Genesis 37:19-20
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Boozer" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: yaD (n)
>
> >This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Friday, April 4, 2003.
> >
> >Klingon word: yaD
> >Part of Speech: noun
> >Definition: sword
> >
> >Additional Notes:
> >KGT. (slang). See also {yan}.
>
> Similarly, a slang word for "sword" is {yaD} (literally, "toe"), based
> on the Krotmag pronunciation of {yaD} as {yaN}, which to most Klingons
> will sound like {yan} ("sword"). (KGT 22)
>
> As for {yan}:
>
> The word {'etlh} is used for "sword" in general, but it really means
> "blade" of any kind... Another word normally translated "sword", {yan},
> is more specific, referring to swords (that is, weapons with long
blades)
> only." (KGT 60f)
>
> There's a photo of Worf's portable {lat} (shrine?) with its carved doors
> open, containing a statuette of what appears to be Kahless holding a long
> straight sword (interestingly, NOT his bat'leth) in TKW (p.210). Also,
> some of the huge statues in the {Subpu' vaS} (Hall of Heroes) at Ty'Gokor
> were holding straight swords; IIRC there's a photo of Gowron standing in
> front of two such statues in KGT (p.98).
>
>
>
> --
> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
>
>
>