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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, February 18, 2016
> 
> Klingon word: 'aqnaw
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: type of knife (general purpose)

KGT 97:  A general, all-purpose knife that seems capable to be able to cut through practically anything is a {'aqnaw}. 

PUN: 
"Act now..." (catch phrase on US infomercials: "Act now and you also will receive..." often a knife which is demonstrated cutting through everything from rotten tomatoes to bricks.)

An "all-purpose (general purpose) knife" would be *{lo' law' taj}.  See the model phrases on the Bird-of-Pey Poster:

  cha' choQmey naQ tu'lu' 'ej tep choQ bIngDaq lo' law' bID choQ tu'lu' 
  2 Full Decks and a Half Utility Deck under the Cargo Deck. (KBoP)

  lo' law' lojmIt 
  utility hatch  (KBoP)


Various types of Klingon knives include:  taj, Daqtagh, ghonDoq, Haqtaj, may' taj, naH taj, qutluch, QIS, SIjwI', etc.

Use {'etlh} for "blade" in general:

KGT 60f.:  The word {'etlh} is used for sword in general, but it really means blade of any kind. The {'etlh}, then, is a component of a knife and could be part of a spear as well. ... A {'etlh}, even if primarily a weapon, may be used in other activities as well, such as hunting and even sculpting. Indeed, to restrict the use of a {'etlh} to combat is to minimize the flexibility of its design. 

Use {tajHom} for the "side blades" of a *d'k tahg*:

  ghop luQan tajHommey.  pe'laH je. 
  [the blades] providing both a hand guard and another set of
   cutting edges. (SP2)

SEE ALSO:
SIj 		slit (v)
DuQ 		stab (v)


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