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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, January 17, 2013
> 
> Klingon word:   yanwI'
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition:     swordfighter

AFAIK never used in a sentence.

Language notes:

KGT 61:  A swordfighter, then, would be a {yanwI'}, literally a "sword wielder"); the word for the specific type of sword may be, but need not be, included. It is thus proper to say {betleH yanwI'} ("bat'leth wielder") or {betleH yan} ("He/she wields a bat'leth").

KGT 79:  in addition to saying {betleH yan} ("He/she wields a bat'leth"), one could say {betleH raQ} ("He/she controls a bat'leth").

Related words:

yan  		sword (n)

  chaHvaD nIb yan wIjwI' jan je 
  They don't know how to distinguish a sword
   from a plough! (PB 142f.)

yan  		wield, use or manipulate a sword KGT (v)

  naH jajmeywIj betleH vIyanbe' 
  In my vegetable days, I did not wield a bat'leth. KGT

yan 'ISletlh  	Yan-Isleth, "Brotherhood of the Sword

  Qang QanmeH yan 'ISletlh Damuv 'e' wIvlu'. 
  You are chosen to serve on the Yan-Isleth and protect
   the chancellor. MKE


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons