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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, April 07, 2016
> 
> Klingon word: jey'naS
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: double-headed ax, ax with double head

  yuD; jey'naS rur 
  dishonest as a double-headed ax KGT

NOTES:

(KGT 63f):  The traditional Klingon arsenal also includes the ax, an implement with a heavy, flattened blade mounted crosswise at the end of a handle. The general term for ax is {'obmaQ}. Its handle is its {DeS} and its blade is its {ghIt}. These words, {DeS} and {ghIt}, when referring to humanoid anatomy, mean arm and open, flat hand (as opposed to a fist), respectively, suggesting that at one time the ax was considered an extension of the warrior himself. A double-headed ax is a {jey'naS}, while an ax with an added spike at the end is a {'alngegh}. To wield or swing an ax is {Qach}. 

(MO to 'ISqu', 1/02/2012):  For double agent, Maltz liked the slang expression {jey'naS ghoqwI'} (literally, "double-headed ax spy"). He said the non-slang term {'o'wen} could also be used for "double agent," but its meaning is a bit broader - it's used to refer to someone (or something) of ambiguous status. As Maltz put it, "You're not quite sure if it's this or that. You think it's one thing, and it may be, but it may be another." 

(KGT 97):  a {warjun} is a large, extremely sharp, square-bladed chopping implement (but for its short handle, it would probably be considered a kind of {'obmaQ} ["ax"]).

PUN:
 "Janus" (the double-faced Roman god)

SEE ALSO
ret'aq 		handle, hilt (of knife) (n)
qengwI' naQ	[handle/butt of rifle?] (n)
tIH 			shaft (of spear) (n)

SEE ALSO THE AX-RELATED IDIOM:

  pumDI' 'obmaQ 
  when the ax falls [i.e. "by that time"] (st.k 11/99)


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