tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Oct 14 03:13:51 2007
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Klingon WOTD: botjan (noun)
This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Sunday, October 14, 2007.
Category: Weapons/War
Klingon word: botjan
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: shields (force field on a ship)
Source: KGT (212 KE, 256 EK)
Swedish: sköldar (kraftfält omkring ett skepp)
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'}.)
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