tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 20 07:43:35 2007
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Re: Klingon WOTD: yoD (noun)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Monday, August 20, 2007.
>
>Category: Weapons/War
>
>Klingon word: yoD
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: shield
>
>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'}.)
More info:
The Klingon word {botjan} refers to shields or protective force-fields
on a ship. The hand-held shield associated with traditional hand-to-hand
combat is called {yoD}. (KCD)
The {ghab'etlh} is a "gutting device, used in balance with a shield when
practicing the Klingon warrior fighting style of {qIjatlh} (??)" (KCD, via
qoror).
>Homonyms:
> yoD (verb) - shield
The verb form of "shield" is also {yoD}, and to "shield oneself" is
{yoD'egh} ... To shield a ship, one must "activate the shields", or
{botjan chu'} (KGT 67)
Related verbs:
{Qan} "protect"; {toD} "rescue, save"; {'av} "guard"
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons