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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: yanwI'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Thu Jan 17 10:30:17 2013
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:30:02 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, January 17, 2013
>
> Klingon word: yanwI'
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: swordfighter
AFAIK never used in a sentence.
Language notes:
KGT 61: A swordfighter, then, would be a {yanwI'}, literally a "sword wielder"); the word for the specific type of sword may be, but need not be, included. It is thus proper to say {betleH yanwI'} ("bat'leth wielder") or {betleH yan} ("He/she wields a bat'leth").
KGT 79: in addition to saying {betleH yan} ("He/she wields a bat'leth"), one could say {betleH raQ} ("He/she controls a bat'leth").
Related words:
yan sword (n)
chaHvaD nIb yan wIjwI' jan je
They don't know how to distinguish a sword
from a plough! (PB 142f.)
yan wield, use or manipulate a sword KGT (v)
naH jajmeywIj betleH vIyanbe'
In my vegetable days, I did not wield a bat'leth. KGT
yan 'ISletlh Yan-Isleth, "Brotherhood of the Sword
Qang QanmeH yan 'ISletlh Damuv 'e' wIvlu'.
You are chosen to serve on the Yan-Isleth and protect
the chancellor. MKE
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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