tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jan 24 11:09:23 2007
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RE: Dilbert Comic in Klingon for January 24, 2007
At 12:54 PM Wednesday 1/24/2007, you wrote:
> > loHwI' mupwI' tIH rur ghIchlIj
> > your nose is like the handle of a gavel ("magistrate's hammer")
DloraH:
>or ret'aq - handle, hilt of knife, bat'leth
The part of a weapon with ornamentation, such as the handle
({ret'aq}) of a knife, is usually decorated by means of carving
... Sometimes extra ornamentation, carved of a different material,
is attached. This would typically be the case with a family crest
({tuq Degh}). (KGT 80)
>or DeS - handle, ax handle
The general term for ax is {'obmaQ}. Its handle is its {DeS} and
its blade is its {ghIt}. These words, {DeS} and {ghIt}, when refer-
ring to humanoid anatomy, mean "arm" and "open, flat hand" (as
opposed to a fist), respectively, suggesting that at one time the
ax was considered an extension of the warrior himself. (KGT 63)
Considering the shape of a Terran gavel, {DeS} seems a better fit. I did
consider {ret'aq} but wondered whether it refers only to bladed weapons.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons