[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: quv bey'

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, September 11, 2023

Klingon word: quv bey'
Part of speech: noun
Definition: honor display
Source: KCD
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AFAIK never used in a sentence.

SEE ALSO:
bey'  		ceremonial display (n) 
betleH bey'  	bat'leth Display (n) 
nuH bey' 	Pride of Weapons (n)

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, via qoror)

Cf. https://hol.kag.org/images/MYTHS/M011.BMP.jpg  for picture.

There's also a photo labeled "ritual tools used in the Age of Ascension ceremony" of two {ghanjaq}’s and a glavin mounted on wall in TKW p.204.    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.). 

TREK NOTES:
  "Where are all your weapons?  Don't you display your weapons?" (Trelane to Kirk, TOS "The Squire of Gothos")

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Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
    Please contribute relevant vocabulary from recent qep’a’mey 
    or qepHommey. I’ve fallen woefully behind in updating my files.