[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: lIghon DuQwI' pogh

[Steven Boozer]

>> Klingon word:   lIghon DuQwI' pogh
>> Part of speech: noun
>> Definition:     Ligonian Spike Glove

Philip:
> Also known as a "glavin", apparently.

Never used in a sentence.

  "A traditional weapon on planet Ligon II, used in ritual combat. Resembling a gauntlet-length oversized glove, the end of the glavin has a large, vicious hook and is covered with poison-tipped spines. Tasha Yar fought Yareena with glavins [in 2364]." (ST Enc., p.114; cf. TNG "Code of Honor")

"It looks like a glove, stood straight up, finger-area toward the ceiling, in the ceremonial room used for the {nentay}, {vItHay'}, and other rituals, filled with spikes. Unfortunately, the description just says 'Ligonian Spike Glove'." (KCD, via qoror)

KCD "simply places it in the category of Weapons (included with all of the other Klingon weapons, and talks about the {DuQwI'} part of it. It never mentions the planet Ligon, except in the name {lIghon DuQwI' pogh}." (SuStel)

"Klingons apparently have had contact with Ligon II, directly or indirectly, because the weapon shows up in the occasional Klingon home in television shows ([i.e.] they've got the prop lying around...)." (SuStel)

There's a photo of part of one on the wall of Worf's quarters on the Enterprise in TKW (p. 204).


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons