[84089] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: KCD IP set #1
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Tue Jan 29 14:05:04 2008
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:01:21 -0600
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
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At 11:16 AM Sunday 1/27/2008, qa'vaj wrote:
>"{ghab'etlh}"
>"A gutting device used in balance with a shield when practicing the
>Klingon warrior fighting style of *qIjatlh (or *qIjat). One of three
>weapons traditionally displayed on the {nuH bey'}."
I previously assumed this was {ghab} "meat from midsection of animal" plus
{'etlh} "sword, blade" since it's a gutting device, but now I wonder if
this should actually be {ghob'etlh} "blade of ethics/virtue"? As it's
"traditionally displayed in the {nuH bey'}, it would balance the {betleH}
or {batlh 'etlh} "blade/sword of honor". (Is it used in the ritual
{vItHay'} "truthtest" later in the game? That would explain why it's
displayed in an honored position in the house.)
Another ritual object on the nuH bey' is the {naQjej} which is used in the
ritual hunt {chontay}. My information from qoror says that "the {chonnaQ}
is used in the {chontay} to hunt the large {tIqnagh} beast, it may also be
called a {naQjej}" (KCD).
>*vellka " (or *fellka " or *mellka )
>"A dessert dish made from the seeds of the *peelime plant. The seeds are
>fermented, crushed, and jellied."
qoror heard these as "melka" and "pealain" when s/he sent me a list of
these some years ago. Perhaps ?{melqa'} and ?{pI'len} then?
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
