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

mayql qunenoS mihkoun at gmail.com
Sat Apr 16 09:12:41 PDT 2016


ok, thanks !

On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 5:37 PM, qurgh lungqIj <qurgh at wizage.net> wrote:
> It's in KGT, page 67. I highly recommend reading that book at this point in
> your studies. It has a lot of insight to share:
>
>      As protection against these various weapons, a warrior often carried a
> shield, or {yoD}, basically a large plate of metal. The verb form of
> "shield" is also {yoD}, and to "shield oneself" is {yoD'egh}. (Although the
> Federation Standard word "shields" refers to both the old hand-held
> protective armor and the force field protecting a vessel--- the newer
> meaning clearly based on the older---in Klingon, there is no connection
> between the two. The force field on a ship is called {botjan}. To shield a
> ship, one must "activate the shields," or {botjan chu'}.)
>
> qurgh
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 10:19 AM, mayql qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> why is this considered to be a separate entry, an entry other that
>> {yoD} ? do we know it's source ?
>>
>> cpt qunnoq
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 5:00 PM, qurgh lungqIj <qurgh at wizage.net> wrote:
>> > Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, April 16, 2016
>> >
>> > Klingon word: yoD'egh
>> > Part of speech: verb
>> > Definition: shield oneself
>> > Source:
>> >
>> >
>> > This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh
>> > (qurgh at wizage.net).
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