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Ceremonial knife
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Wed Jan 19 01:30:06 1994
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.East.Sun.COM>
From: creede@eskimo.com (Creede Lambard)
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.East.Sun.COM>
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 1994 22:25:59 -0800
> More on the word for "ceremonial knife"...
>
> ceremony = tay
> knife = taj
> ceremonial knife = taytaj?
Doubtful. I think the word would depend on the ceremony being performed. For
instance, in English the "briss knife" and "black mass knife" would convey
two entirely different images, yet both are ceremonial knives.
A knife used in the Rite of Succession, for instance, would be a ja'chuqtaj.
I'm new here, so if I'm completely out of line feel free to take me apart.
But do it gently.
Qapla'
-- Creede
