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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] nuq bop bom: 'ay' SochmaH wa': <burghDaq Qot mang>

Steven Boozer ([email protected])



Qov:
> lulqu'be'choHpu'mo' tamchoH meH. ghumtaH De'wI'. jachbe'choHpu' jagh
> rIQ. tlhovtaH vay''e' leghlaHbe'bogh  HoD. vaytaH'a' Hota'ro'? 'etlh
> yantaHvIS HoD ghutar ghogh Qoy. "HIHub!" jatlh. chaq QaQ. chaq
> qabqu'.[36] 
> ----
> [36] I'm a little worried that this sounds too weak, more "help me"
> than "cover me." I'm looking for something closer to the latter,
> without going to "jIvangtaHvIS HIHub."

In the sense of "Cover me!" during a fire fight, how about {Qan} "protect", which can refer to people:

  Qang yIQan
  [Protect the Chancellor! (untranslated)] ST6

  Qang QanmeH yan 'ISletlh Damuv 'e' wIvlu'. 
  You are chosen to serve on the Yan-Isleth and protect
  the chancellor.  ('u'-MKE)

or things (body parts):

  ghop luQan tajHommey
  [the blades] providing both a hand guard... SP2

{yoD} "shield" might work metaphorically:

KGT 67: 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'}

On the BoP Poster, a {QanwI'} "guard" refers to protective armor plating: {tal QanwI'} "cannon guard".


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons


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