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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'aqleH
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Oct 1 10:10:42 2012
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 14:10:31 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, September 30, 2012
>
> Klingon word: 'aqleH
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: type of weapon (half ax, half *bat'leth*)
KGT 64: There exists a weapon that might be described as a cross between an ax and a bat'leth. The {'aqleH} has what looks like half a bat'leth at the end of a handle. To manipulate the {'aqleH} is {Qach}.
There's a photo of one on TKW p.124
Some people have called this weapon a pike or pole-ax.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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