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Re: Klingon WOTD: tuq Degh (n)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: tuq Degh (n)
• Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 09:55:02 -0500
• In-reply-to: <[email protected]>

>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Tuesday, September 7, 2004.
>
>Klingon word:   tuq Degh
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition:     family crest
>
>Additional Notes: KGT p. 63.

"The knifesmith takes pride in designing a weapon that not only performs 
well and perfectly fits the hand of the user but that also is considered a 
work of art. The aesthetic value of the blade is directly related to its 
effectiveness, but the handle is adorned with ornamentation ranging from 
traditional designs to symbols that actually indicate ownership, usually by 
means of a family crest ({tuq Degh})."  [KGT 63]

"Even modern weaponry, such as a disrupter pistol ({nISwI' HIch}) or 
disrupter rifle ({nISwI' bej}), is decorated. ... Sometimes extra 
ornamentation, carved of a different material, is attached. This would 
typically be the case with a family crest ({tuq Degh})." (KGT 80)

"Though originally utilitarian in nature, the {Ha'quj} ["baldric, sash"] 
has taken on symbolic functions as well, its ornamentation representing the 
family unit or house ({tuq}) of its wearer." (KGT 61)



-- 
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons 

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