14 Apr
2021
14 Apr
'21
5:31 p.m.
On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 at 17:17, Steven Boozer <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.
In the glossary to K.R.A. DeCandido's "A Burning House", on p.393, it says: "{ghIntaq}. A type of spear with a wooden haft and a curved, two-bladed metal point. Also the name given to a person who serves as a close and trusted adviser to a House. It is possible that the latter usage evolved from the first, with the adviser being analogized to a House head's trusted weapon. Sometimes Anglicized as gin'tak. [Spear first seen in "Birthright Part 2" (TNG); adviser first referenced in "Firstborn" (TNG).]" -- De'vID