Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, November 26, 2020 Klingon word: ngol Part of speech: verb Definition: move *bat'leth* from horizontal to vertical orientation _______________________________________________ (KGT 59-60): 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}. SEE ALSO: yan wield, use or manipulate a sword (v) (KGT 79): … in addition to saying {betleH yan} ("He/she wields a bat'leth"), one could say {betleH raQ} ("He/she controls a bat'leth"). N.B. for wielding axes, clubs and whips use {Qach} -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons