tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jul 25 07:51:58 2013
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: chonnaQ
> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, July 25, 2013
>
> Klingon word: chonnaQ
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: spear, hunting spear
> Source: KGT (213 KE, 245 EK, 257 EK)
Used in the {chontay} (ritual hunt) to hunt the large {tIqnagh} beast, it may also be called a {naQjej}, which is "a hunting spear weighted and balanced for throwing. Used only for the killing of feral beasts." (KCD)
st.k (5/1998): The term {puq chonnaQ} is, at least in origin, somewhat derisive. It literally means "child's hunting spear," suggesting that the eating implement is small and not very effective (though the actual child's spear, as opposed to the "fork," is useful for training in the art of hunting).
KGt 64: The shaft of a spear is the {tIH}; the sharp tip or spearhead is the {Qin}. As might be expected, there are a great many different types of {QInmey} (the plural form of {Qin}). A plain spearhead, one that is simply a sharp point, is a {QIn pup} ("perfect spearhead"). A tip with multiple points is a {QIn vagh} ("spearhead number five"), though this is a bit odd because there may be any number of points and no other spearheads are named with numbers. A spearhead that is barbed is a {SeDveq}, a word with unknown etymological origins and otherwise unused.
[A word "with unknown etymological origins" -- gotta be a pun! Anyone know what it is?]
Some related words:
naQjej hunting spear (n)
ghIntaq battle spear (n)
QIn spearhead (n)
tIH shaft (of spear) (n)
chetvI' spear-throwing device (n)
tlhevjaQ spear used with the {chetvI'} (n)
chuH throw/hurl (a spear) at (v)
wob hurl a spear by means of a {chetvI'} (v)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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