[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: nuH bey'
Steven Boozer
sboozer at uchicago.edu
Thu Mar 16 07:44:11 PDT 2023
Klingon word: nuH bey'
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Pride of Weapons
Source: HQ (5:1 p20)
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i.e. a ceremonial display of weapons
(SuStel, 10/06/2021): The word {bey'} was included in KGT's word list. […] {nuH bey'} appears on that list [in HQ5.1:20]. … The list came out before KCD: "While you'll have to wait for the CD-ROM to actually hear Gowron speak, we are providing the vocabulary below for your advance education."
In the House of SepIch Rite of Ascension chamber, the {quv bey'} looks like the {nuH bey'} except that it contains two *bat'leths* and two *d'k tahgs*, as opposed to the {nuH bey'} which has one *bat'leth*, one {naQjej}, and a {ghop 'etlh} ("One of three weapons traditionally displayed on the {nuH bey'}." (KCD)
A photo of what might be Worf's {nuH bey'} on the wall of his Enterprise-D quarters can be seen in TKW p.124 (cf. TNG "Genesis", et al.). There's another version is on the KAG site:
https://hol.kag.org/page/KLL/WEAPON.TXT.html?o=DevwIW005
TREK NOTES:
"Where are all your weapons? Don't you display your weapons?" (Trelane to Kirk, TOS "The Squire of Gothos")
Mirror Kirk certainly did. He had a display of exotic knives on the wall over his desk in his quarters on the ISS Enterprise. (TOS "Mirror, Mirror")
SEE:
nuH weapon (n)
bey' ceremonial display (n)
betleH bey' *bat'leth* Display (n) KCD
quv bey' Honor Display (n) KCD
SEE ALSO:
DaH bank, array (of weapons, etc.) (n)
- begh DaH deflector array
- chuyDaH thrusters (pl.)
- Hong boq chuyDaH impulse fusion thrusters (pl.)
- nISwI' DaH disruptor banks
- pIvchem lIngwI' DaH warp field generation array
- pIvghor lIngwI' DaH warp generation array
- pu'DaH phaser banks
- So'wI' DaH cloak array
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Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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