Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, September 11, 2023 Klingon word: quv bey' Part of speech: noun Definition: honor display Source: KCD _______________________________________________ AFAIK never used in a sentence. SEE ALSO: bey' ceremonial display (n) betleH bey' bat'leth Display (n) nuH bey' Pride of Weapons (n) In the House of SepIch Rite of Ascension chamber, the {quv bey'} looks like the {nuH bey'} except that it contains two bat'leths and two d'k tahgs, as opposed to the {nuH bey'} which has one bat'leth, one {naQjej}, and a {ghop 'etlh} ("one of three weapons traditionally displayed on the {nuH bey'} "). (KCD, via qoror) Cf. https://hol.kag.org/images/MYTHS/M011.BMP.jpg for picture. There's also a photo labeled "ritual tools used in the Age of Ascension ceremony" of two {ghanjaq}’s and a glavin mounted on wall in TKW p.204. A photo of what might be Worf's {nuH bey'} on the wall of his Enterprise-D quarters can be seen in TKW p.124 (cf. TNG "Genesis", et al.). TREK NOTES: "Where are all your weapons? Don't you display your weapons?" (Trelane to Kirk, TOS "The Squire of Gothos") -- Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons Please contribute relevant vocabulary from recent qep’a’mey or qepHommey. I’ve fallen woefully behind in updating my files.