tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Apr 30 04:00:25 2005
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Klingon WOTD: yoD (noun)
This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Saturday, April 30, 2005.
Category: Weapons/War
Klingon word: yoD
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: shield
Source: TKD (115 KE, 152 EK)
Swedish: sköld
Additional Notes:
KGT p. 67: As protection against these various weapons, a warrior often carried a shield, or {yoD}, basically a large plate of metal. The verb form of "shield" is also {yoD}, and to "shield oneself" is {yoD'egh}. (Although the federation Standard word "shields" refers to both the old hand-held protective armor and the force field protecting a vessel--the newer meaning clearly based on the older--in Klingon, there is no connection between the two. The force field on a ship is called {botjan}. To shield a ship, one must "activate the shields," or {botjan chu'}.)
Homonyms:
yoD (verb) - shield
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