tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jan 23 06:27:26 2013
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Tlhingan-hol Digest, Vol 17, ghIt
DloraH:
>> /blade of an axe/ 'oSmo' je ghIt, chaq ghop beQ qar law'
>> ghop poS qar puS. ghIt rur ghIt.
chaDqI':
> DaH wa'Hu' Tlhingan-hol Digest vIlaDta'mo' [KGT p.131] vIlaDqa'.
> 'ej ghop poS 'oS 'e' vItu'laHpu'. ghop beQ 'oSba' ghIt 'e' vIghoj.
>
> ...'ach, mu'vam vIlo'meH 'eb tu'lu'be'law'.
>
> ?{ghItwIj vIlo'taHvIS qevpobDaj vIqIpta'.}
> /hit with blade of an axe/ 'oS je mu'tlheghvam, chaq yajHa'lu'.
We don't have a lot of vocabulary, but _Klingon for the Galactic Traveller_ adds a few details:
KGT 63f.: The traditional Klingon arsenal also includes the ax, an implement with a heavy, flattened blade mounted crosswise at the end of a 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 referring 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. A double-headed ax is a {jey'naS}, while an ax with an added spike at the end is a {'alngegh}. To wield or swing an ax is {Qach}.
KGT 67: As with axes, to wield or swing a club [{jeqqIj}] is {Qach}.
We have only one example from st.klingon (Nov. 1999):
pumDI' 'obmaQ
when the ax falls [i.e. "by that time"]
So we can recast your sentence:
'obmaQ vIQachtaHvIS qevpobDaj qIpta' ghIt.
The (axe) blade struck his cheek while I wielded the axe.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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