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Re: Klingon WOTD: bot (v)

Steven Boozer ([email protected]) [KLI Member]




>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Tuesday, January 13, 2004.
>
>Klingon word:   bot
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition:     prevent, block, prohibit
>
>Canon:
>TKW p. 9
>{Dubotchugh yIpummoH}
>If it's in your way, knock it down.

Note the noun {botjan} "shields (force field on ship)" which is a device 
{jan} that blocks or prevents weapons from striking the ship.

Related verbs include {waQ} "obstruct" and {tuch} "forbid".



-- 
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons 



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