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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] chay' Dochvam DaDel? "Klingon Empire" spray skirt
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Thu Oct 30 10:27:31 2014
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 14:27:19 +0000
In-Reply-To: <CA+7zAmMV+Po48E6S-8fE6C2cwZyD=OpC7Xv8GtstW2x5O2a6vA@mail.gmail.com>
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De'vID:
> bIQ DujHom 'elbogh bIQ'e' botmeH yoD 'oH Dochvam'e'. (Can something be a
> {botjan} if it is passive?)
Or a protective force field...
KCD: "The Klingon word {botjan} refers to shields or protective force-fields on a ship. The hand-held shield associated with traditional hand-to-hand combat is called {yoD}."
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. The force field on a ship is called {botjan}. To shield a ship, one must "activate the shields", or {botjan chu'}
Perhaps because it's (I'm assuming) the older word, {yoD} can be used metaphorically. Cf. {SIS yoD} "umbrella" (TNK) - an umbrella is hand-held protection.
A better option is {QanwI'} - from {Qan} "protect" - used in {tal QanwI'} cannon guard (KBoP), {DIr QanwI' taS} suntan lotion (TNK), {mIn QanwI'} eyeglasses (TNK), {mIn QanwI' nguv} sunglasses (TNK).
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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