[Tlhingan-hol] "Containment field"

[Steven Boozer]

Fiat Knox:
> >> Damn my memory. Has the term "containment field" turned
> >> up in canon?  Skybox BoP card maybe?
 
Voragh:
>> Today's WOTD suggests *{weghmeH HoSchem} "confinement forcefield"
>> [...]
>> used to confine something inside it - i.e. prevent something from
>> escaping or leaving - not merely contain or have something inside.

De'vID:
> What exactly is being contained here?  Is it a substance or a person
> (sentient being)?  If the latter, I'd use {Sev} "contain (an enemy)"
> rather than {wegh}, e.g., {SevmeH Surchem}.  I think Klingons would
> make the distinction between containing something inanimate or 
> neutral vs. containing something sentient and/or potentially hostile.

I've assumed {Sev} refers to the movement of troops during combat.  Okrand mentions it in KGT:

KGT 48:  Common militaristic acts also have associated terminology, both verbs ({DoHmoH}, "drive back"; {Hub}, "defend"; {yot}, "invade"; {weH}, "raid} [same as {yot}, really, but with the added connotation of surprise or speed]; {HIv}, "attack, assault"; {Sev}, "contain"; {HeD}, "retreat, withdraw") and nouns ({yot}, "invasion, raid, incursion"; {Hub}, "defense").

Of course, there are no examples of {Sev} AFAIK so we don't know how it's used in Klingon.  (Does it appear in the {paq'batlh}?)


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons