On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 at 17:17, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu <mailto:sboozer@uchicago.edu>> wrote:
AFAIK Okrand has never provided an official spelling, but see {ghIntaq} “battle spear” which may well be a metaphor for the person.
Am 14.04.2021 um 23:31 schrieb De'vID:
In the glossary to K.R.A. DeCandido's "A Burning House", on p.393, it says:
"{ghIntaq}. [...] It is possible that the latter usage evolved from the first, with the adviser being analogized to a House head's trusted weapon.
This is an interesting information, but still, from OUR point of view as Klingonists sticking to Okrandian information, {ghIntaq} only refers to the spear as described in KGT: The ghIntaq, for example, is a battle spear, though it is also used ceremonially. (KGT p. 64) "A Burning House" was published ten years after KGT. -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://klingon.wiki/Word/GhIntak