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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: beH
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Oct 31 09:44:56 2011
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:44:38 -0500
In-Reply-To: <F52986192E9FE346B0B7EF3D6F98E87711BF8EA7@EXDB3.ug.kth.se>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
> Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, October 30, 2011
> =
> Klingon word: beH
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: rifle
=
As used in canon:
tlhIngan nISwI' beH =
Klingon Disruptor Rifle. (S14 title) =
nISwI' HIch motlh HoS Hal qengwI' naQ tIq je lurarlu'bogh 'oH tlhIngan nISw=
I' beH'e' =
The Klingon disruptor rifle is a standard hand held disruptor, attached to =
an extended power supply stock. (S14)
KGT 56: a disruptor rifle (likewise with several models) is a {nISwI' beH}=
. [...] The more general term {pu'}, "phaser", may also apply to the Klingo=
n 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, {p=
u'} 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) [...] The verb used for shoot when referring to disrupt=
ors is {bach}.
KGT 80: Even modern weaponry, such as a disrupter pistol ({nISwI' HIch}) o=
r disrupter rifle ({nISwI' bej} [sic! typo for {beH}]), is decorated. For e=
xample, 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 ornam=
entation, carved of a different material, is attached. This would typically=
be the case with a family crest ({tuq Degh}).
Related verb: {puS} "sight (with gunsight)"
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
From: Felix Malmenbeck [mailto:felixm@kth.se] =
I think it'd've been stated explicitly if that were the case. I think it's =
just that it's meant to be rested against the shoulder, as opposed to a HIc=
h (handgun). This distinction is present in Federation Standard, as well.
I'm guessing a flintlock would be called ngat beH or something.
________________________________________
From: Josh Badgley [joshbadgley@hotmail.com]
Out of curiosity, I noticed that we find the word beH in such compound noun=
s as nISwI' beH and pu' beH.=A0 Does this mean that "beH" by itself means "=
rifle" in the sense of "flintlock"?=A0 Like the kind the Klingons were armi=
ng the Neuralese with?
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