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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/17/2016 10:59 AM, kechpaja wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 10:46:44AM -0400, SuStel wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On 10/17/2016 10:27 AM, kechpaja wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 01:55:22PM +0000, Steven Boozer wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, October 15, 2016
Klingon word: chaQ
Part of speech: verb
Definition: thrust upward with end of *bat'leth*
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<pre wrap="">(KGT 59): There is an extensive vocabulary for the moves associated with bat'leth use. To thrust or lunge toward one's opponent, for example, is {jop}. To deflect a thrust--that is, to parry--is {way'}. To thrust either end of the bat'leth (as opposed to the long part of the blade) upward is {chaQ}. To change the approximate orientation of the weapon from horizontal to vertical is {ngol}; the reverse is {lev}. To slide the blade of one's bat'leth along the blade of the opponent's weapon is {DIj}. To twirl or rotate the bat'leth is {jIrmoH} and to toss it from one hand to the other (the same word is used whether left to right or right to left) is {baQ}.
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<pre wrap="">This makes me wonder: is there a specific term that we know of meaning
"to thrust either end of the bat'leth *downward*"? That seems to be a
fairly common move in the combat shown on screen in Star Trek, usually
parried by holding the blade horizontal to catch the thrust. Or would
you just say {jop} and it would be assumed that that was what you were
describing?
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I'd expect *Qach* to be used for that motion; it's the same motion you'd
use with**an axe or club.
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<pre wrap="">In KGT, {Qach} is defined as "wield or swing (a weapon)", without any
specification as to which direction the weapon is being swung in, so it
seems a bit more general than what I had in mind.
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<p>In the word-list, yes, but it's also explained as the specific
word you use for swinging an <b>'obmaQ</b> <i>ax (general word),</i><b>
</b>a <b>jey'naS</b><i> double-headed ax</i>, an <b>'alngegh</b><i>
axe with an added spike at the end,</i> an <b>'aqleH</b><i> ax
with half a bat'leth at the end of a handle, a </i><b>jeqqIj </b><i>club,
bludgeon, </i>and a <b>ghanjaq</b><i> mace.</i></p>
<p>You typically swing axes and clubs overhand, in an arc downward,
just as SapIr was considering. Thus, I expect a bat'leth swing in
the same manner to use the same verb, <b>Qach.</b> I don't know
for sure that <b>Qach</b> means <i>swing a weapon in a downward
arc as you would an ax or club,</i> but that's my working
theory.<br>
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