[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: jey'naS (noun)

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: jey'naS
Part of speech: noun
Definition: double-headed axe, ax with double head
Source: KGT
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yuD; jey'naS rur 
dishonest as a double-headed ax (KGT)

PUN:   "Janus" (double-faced Roman god)

(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:
jey'naS ghoqwI'  	double-agent (n)

(MO to 'ISqu', 1/02/2012):  For double agent, Maltz liked the slang expression {jey'naS ghoqwI'} (literally, "double-headed ax spy"). He said the non-slang term {'o'wen} could also be used for "double agent," but its meaning is a bit broader -- it's used to refer to someone (or something) of ambiguous status. As Maltz put it, "You're not quite sure if it's this or that. You think it's one thing, and it may be, but it may be another."

SEE ALSO:
'obmaQ			ax (n)
  - pumDI' 'obmaQ 
     when the ax falls [i.e. "by that time"] (st.k 11/1999)
'alngegh  		ax with spike at end (n),  [pole-axe]
rIv 			split (v)
  -  "like an ax does to a watermelon" (Lieven, Hamletmachine [2020])

lInDab 			espionage (n)
ghoqwI' 		spy (n)
Duy 			agent (n)
ghoq' 			spy (v)

TREK NOTES:
  One of the holo-monsters seen in Worf's Klingon Calisthenics program wielded an axe, the blade of which sported exaggeratedly pointed finials. (TNG "Where Silence Has Lease")

  The Jem'Hadar use the *kar'takin*, bladed weapon which resembles a short cut-off pole-axe. Worf tried to train Crewman Alexander in the use of this weapon aboad the Rotarran. (DS9 "Sons and Daughters", et al.)

--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons