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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: baS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Jun 30 10:14:43 2014
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 14:14:38 +0000
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> Klingon word: baS
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: metal
'ej bejtaHvIS baS moj jIb
his hair ... turned to steel before his eyes PB
KGT 97: The general term for a pot is {'un}. Pots that may be put on top of a fire in order to heat their contents are made of metal ({baS}); others may be made of either metal or ceramic material ({nagh} [literally, "stone"]).
KGT 27: In some regions, a {bargh} made of metal is a {mIv} (which also means helmet, even though, historically speaking, helmets are not necessarily made of metal)
KGT 99: Each dish is brought to the table ({raS}) on a platter ({'elpI'}), usually made of metal.
KGT 42: Among the upper classes, the word {tu'lum} is used with some frequency, though, strictly speaking, this archaic word used to mean only a cup made of metal.
KGT 74f. The general term for a percussion instrument of any kind is {'In}. ... The {'In} itself may be made entirely of metal (in which case it might be described as a bell, though in Klingon it is simply termed {baS 'In}, or "metal {'In})
KGT 79: The closest to a general term in this realm may be the verb {raQ}, which means "manipulate by hand, handle". It can be applied to carving, sculpting, metalworking, and the like...
KGT 67: the {ghanjaq}, often translated as mace, a club with a metal head, sometimes sporting spikes ({DuQwI'mey}).
KGT 67: As protection against these various weapons, a warrior often carried a shield, or {yoD}, basically a large plate of metal... (Although the Federation Standard word "shields" refers to both the old hand-held protective armor, and the force field protecting a vessel--the newer meaning clearly based on the older--in Klingon, there is no connection between the two.
Bloodwine is transported and stored in metal barrels ({qegh}) (DS9 "Apocalypse Rising", "Warriors of the Empire").
PUN:
1. "bash" (sound metal makes when you hit it)?
2. "base metal"?
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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