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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: Qach
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Wed Jul 17 10:24:09 2013
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 14:23:58 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, July 17, 2013
>
> Klingon word: Qach
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: wield, swing (a weapon)
AFAIK never used in canon. (Any examples in the paq'batlh? There must be some battle scenes.)
KGT 63-4f: To wield or swing an ax is {Qach} ... To wield or swing a club is {Qach}... To manipulate the {'aqleH} is {Qach}.
KGT 67: As with axes, to wield or swing a club is {Qach}.
Use with {'obmaQ} (ax), {jey'naS} (double-headed ax), {'alngegh} (ax with an added spike at the end), {jeqqIj} (club, bludgeon) and {ghanjaq} (mace - a club with a metal head, sometimes sporting spikes), {'aqleH} ((half ax, half bat'leth).
Can {Qach} be used with the {betleH) (bat'leth) and {meqleH} (mek'leth) as well (in an ax-like fashion)?
KGT 59-60: There is an extensive vocabulary for the moves associated with bat'leth use. To thrust or lunge toward one's opponent, for example, is {jop}. To deflect a thrust-that is, to parry - is {way'}. To thrust either end of the bat'leth (as opposed to the long part of the blade) upward is {chaQ}. To change the approximate orientation of the weapon from horizontal to vertical is {ngol}; the reverse is {lev}. To slide the blade of one's bat'leth along the blade of the opponent's weapon is {DIj}. To twirl or rotate the bat'leth is {jIrmoH} and to toss it from one hand to the other (the same word is used whether left to right or right to left) is {baQ}.
Cf. {yan} "wield, use or manipulate a sword" (v)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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