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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: beH
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To: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
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I'm updating and checking my notes... but I can't find {puS} in the sense
of "to sight (with gunsight)", where is it from?
And does it mean to see someone or something through the visual thing on
top of a rifle? Has that word been used in canon?
Greetings,
- Andr=C3=A9
2011/10/31 Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
> > 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
> nISwI' beH'e'
> The Klingon disruptor rifle is a standard hand held disruptor, attached t=
o
> 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
> Klingon disruptor, but it is used just as often to refer to the Romulan
> disruptor, Federation phaser, and other similar devices. Since the word i=
s
> 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) [...] The verb used fo=
r
> 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! typo for {beH}]), is decorated. Fo=
r
> example, typically the head of any rivet ({veragh}) used has a raised ima=
ge
> 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}).
>
> 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
> HIch (handgun). This distinction is present in Federation Standard, as we=
ll.
> 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
> nouns as nISwI' beH and pu' beH. Does this mean that "beH" by itself mea=
ns
> "rifle" in the sense of "flintlock"? Like the kind the Klingons were
> arming the Neuralese with?
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">I'm updating and checking my notes... but I can't =
find {puS} in the sense of "to sight (with gunsight)", where is i=
t from?<br>And does it mean to see someone or something through the visual =
thing on top of a rifle? Has that word been used in canon?<br>
<br>Greetings,<br>- Andr=C3=A9<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">2011/10/31=
Steven Boozer <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:sboozer@uchicago.edu=
">sboozer@uchicago.edu</a>></span><br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" =
style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
> Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, October 30, 2011<br>
><br>
> Klingon word: beH<br>
> Part of speech: noun<br>
> Definition: rifle<br>
<br>
<br>
As used in canon:<br>
<br>
tlhIngan nISwI' beH<br>
Klingon Disruptor Rifle. (S14 title)<br>
<br>
nISwI' HIch motlh HoS Hal qengwI' naQ tIq je lurarlu'bogh '=
oH tlhIngan nISwI' beH'e'<br>
The Klingon disruptor rifle is a standard hand held disruptor, attached to =
an extended power supply stock. (S14)<br>
<br>
KGT 56: =C2=A0a disruptor rifle (likewise with several models) is a {nISwI&=
#39; beH}. [...] The more general term {pu'}, "phaser", may a=
lso apply to the Klingon disruptor, but it is used just as often to refer t=
o the Romulan disruptor, Federation phaser, and other similar devices. Sinc=
e the word is short, {pu'} is heard frequently--even more frequently th=
an {nISwI'}--especially in the throes of combat, in such formations as =
{pu'HIch} (phaser pistol), {pu'beH} (phaser rifle) [...] The verb u=
sed for shoot when referring to disruptors is {bach}.<br>
<br>
KGT 80: =C2=A0Even modern weaponry, such as a disrupter pistol ({nISwI'=
HIch}) or disrupter rifle ({nISwI' bej} [sic! typo for {beH}]), is dec=
orated. 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. Some=
times extra ornamentation, carved of a different material, is attached. Thi=
s would typically be the case with a family crest ({tuq Degh}).<br>
<br>
Related verb: {puS} "sight (with gunsight)"<br>
<br>
<br>
--<br>
Voragh<br>
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
From: Felix Malmenbeck [mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:felixm@kth.se">felixm@kth.=
se</a>]<br>
I think it'd've been stated explicitly if that were the case. I thi=
nk it's just that it's meant to be rested against the shoulder, as =
opposed to a HIch (handgun). This distinction is present in Federation Stan=
dard, as well.<br>
I'm guessing a flintlock would be called ngat beH or something.<br>
<br>
________________________________________<br>
From: Josh Badgley [<a href=3D"mailto:joshbadgley@hotmail.com">joshbadgley@=
hotmail.com</a>]<br>
Out of curiosity, I noticed that we find the word beH in such compound noun=
s as nISwI' beH and pu' beH.=C2=A0 Does this mean that "beH&qu=
ot; by itself means "rifle" in the sense of "flintlock"=
?=C2=A0 Like the kind the Klingons were arming the Neuralese with?<br>
<br>
<br>
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