[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'aqleH

[Felix Malmenbeck]

Apocrypha:

In the unlicensed book "Secret Fighting Arts of The Warrior Race" (tonSaw' peghmey), there's an illustration of a weapon called an *'etlhnaQ, or "haf'leth", which closely matches the description of an 'aqleH.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A4JxJgtCYAAeuuY.jpg:large

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From: Steven Boozer [sboozer at uchicago.edu]
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 16:10
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Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'aqleH

> Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, September 30, 2012
>
> Klingon word: 'aqleH
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: type of weapon (half ax, half *bat'leth*)

KGT 64:  There exists a weapon that might be described as a cross between an ax and a bat'leth. The {'aqleH} has what looks like half a bat'leth at the end of a handle. To manipulate the {'aqleH} is {Qach}.

There's a photo of one on TKW p.124

Some people have called this weapon a pike or pole-ax.


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons


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