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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: yanwI'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Felix Malmenbeck)
Thu Jan 17 10:53:29 2013
From: Felix Malmenbeck <felixm@kth.se>
To: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>, "tlhingan-hol@kli.org"
<tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:53:03 +0000
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Relevant non-canon word: Tawi'Yan, meaning "sword-bearer": http://en.memory=
-alpha.org/wiki/Tawi'Yan
Not proper tlhIngan Hol, of course, but one could possibly retcon it as a n=
o' Hol word that has been preserved through its role in rituals. *tawI['] ~=
"one who brings/gets/carries"; =AByan=BB ~ "sword"; A'B ~ "A pertaining to=
B" (like paq'batlh).
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From: Steven Boozer [sboozer@uchicago.edu]
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 16:30
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: yanwI'
> 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 wiel=
der"); the word for the specific type of sword may be, but need not be, inc=
luded. It is thus proper to say {betleH yanwI'} ("bat'leth wielder") or {be=
tleH yan} ("He/she wields a bat'leth").
KGT 79: in addition to saying {betleH yan} ("He/she wields a bat'leth"), o=
ne 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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