[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: HIch

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: HIch
Part of speech: noun
Definition: handgun
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HIchDaj yIQotlh! 
Disable his/her handgun!  (KGT)

nISwI' HIch Sen 
fire the disruptor pistol. (HQ 10.2)

(KGT 56):  A disruptor pistol or hand-held disruptor (and there are several models of these) is a {nISwI' HIch} ...  The more general term {pu'}, phaser, may also apply to the Klingon disruptor, but it is used just as often to refer to the Romulan disruptor, Federation phaser, and other similar devices.  Since the word is short, {pu'} is heard frequently--even more frequently than {nISwI'} -- especially in the throes of combat, in such formations as {pu'HIch} (phaser pistol)

SEE ALSO:
beH 		rifle (n)
DoS 		target (n)
vI' 		sharpshooting, marksmanship, aim (n)

Qeq 		aim (a weapon) (v)
puS 		sight (with gunsight) (v)
bach 		shoot (v)

--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons