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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: nISwI' beH

Steven Boozer ([email protected])



> Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, June 26, 2015
> 
> Klingon word: nISwI' beH
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: disruptor rifle

tlhIngan nISwI' beH 
Klingon Disruptor Rifle  S14 (title)

nISwI' HIch motlh HoS Hal qengwI' naQ tIq je lurarlu'bogh
 'oH tlhIngan nISwI' beH'e' 
The Klingon disruptor rifle is a standard hand held disruptor,
 attached to an extended power supply stock. S14

SkyBox card S14:  The Klingon disruptor rifle is a standard hand held disruptor, attached to an extended power supply stock. This serves to steady the aim of a warrior and increase the effective range for distance targeting.

KGT 56:  a disruptor rifle (likewise with several models) is a {nISwI' beH} ... The more general term {pu'}, phaser, may also apply to the Klingon disruptor, but it is used just as often to refer to the Romulan disruptor, Federation phaser, and other similar devices. Since the word is short, {pu'} is heard frequently - even more frequently than {nISwI'} - especially in the throes of combat, in such formations as {pu'HIch} (phaser pistol), {pu'beH} (phaser rifle). Despite the prevalence of the {pu'} words, in the strictest sense, the correct names for all of these weapons are the {nISwI'} forms... The verb used for shoot when referring to disruptors is {bach}.

KGT 80:  Even modern weaponry, such as a disrupter pistol ({nISwI' HIch}) or disrupter rifle ({nISwI' bej} [sic!]), is decorated. For example, typically the head of any rivet ({veragh}) used has a raised image of some kind, often that of a Klingon warrior's head. Sometimes extra ornamentation, carved of a different material, is attached. This would typically be the case with a family crest ({tuq Degh}).

A good example of a Klingon disruptor pistol is at 
http://www.angelfire.com/tx4/purpleelaphants/images/beH1.jpg
http://www.angelfire.com/tx4/purpleelaphants/images/beH2.jpg
http://www.angelfire.com/tx4/purpleelaphants/images/beH3.jpg 


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons



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