[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'obmaQ

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, July 21, 2016
> 
> Klingon word: 'obmaQ
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: ax
> Source: KGT

  pumDI' 'obmaQ 
  when the ax falls 
  [idiom:  "by that time"] (st.k 11/99)
 
  yuDHa'; ghIt rur 
  honest as an ax head (common simile) KGT


(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}.

(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"]).


SEE:
ret'aq  		handle, hilt (of knife, bat'leth) (n)
qengwI' naQ  	(rifle) stock, butt(?)(n)
tIH 			shaft (of spear) (n)

raQ  			manipulate by hand, handle (v)
Qach  		wield, swing (a weapon) (v)
  "To wield or swing an ax is {Qach}." (KGT 63f)
  "To manipulate the {'aqleH} is {Qach}." (KGT 64)
  "As with axes, to wield or swing a club is {Qach}." (KGT 67)



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