tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Mar 09 21:30:01 2004
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{pu'} as spike
In a message dated 2004-03-09 11:42:07 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
> I have in my notes that <pu'> "phaser" is also an ancient
> word for "spike", but no source is cited for this. Anyone
> help me out here? KGT perhaps?
>
yes, here is the relevant text (kgt, p. 58):
On the toe of each high boot ({DaS}), likewise
made of animal hide ({DIr}), was a clawlike spike called a
{pu'}. The word {pu'} now means "phaser," and the newer
meaning probably developed from the older "spike" be-
cause of the lightning speed with which one delivered a
blow with the sharp {pu'}. In contemporary Klingon, the
spike on the toe of a boot is always called a {DaSpu'}
("boot spike"), never {pu'} alone.
lay'tel SIvten
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