tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jan 26 07:59:03 2005
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Re: Klingon WOTD: SIq (verb)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Wednesday, January 26, 2005.
>
>Klingon word: SIq
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: use the index finger
>
>Additional Notes:
>HolQeD 10:2, p. 7, "A Friend of Maltz: {nItlhDu' yaDDu' je}.
From the HolQeD article:
There are some special uses of the reflexive forms of the
finger verbs. For example, while {ghIchwIj vISIq} means
"I touch my nose with my index finger" and {ghIchwIjDaq
jISIq} means "I point at my nose with my index finger," the
phrase {ghIchwIjDaq jISIq'egh} (with {=96'egh} "oneself"),
literally "I use at myself my index finger at my nose," is
used for "I pick my nose with my index finger." (p. 8-9)
More examples from the article:
SeHlaw SIq
touch the control panel with the index finger
maghwI'Daq jISIq
I point at the traitor with my index finger.
I point out the traitor with my index finger.
maghwI'Daq SIq naQjej
the spear points at the traitor
He/she points at the traitor with his/her spear.
maghwI'Daq SIq naQjejwIj
my spear points at the traitor
I point at the traitor with my spear.
maghwI'Daq SIqmeH naQjejwIj lo' SuvwI'
the warrior uses my spear to point at the traitor
the warrior points at the traitor with my spear.
Note the derived noun {SIqwI'} "index finger, first finger" - lit. the=20
"thing which is used in an index finger-like manner" (HQ 10.2:7). taD ca=
me=20
up with a useful mnemonic: When you tell a dog to "Sic 'em!", you point=20
using your {SIqwI'}.
Cf. the general noun {nItlh} "finger" and the specialized verbs {Sen} &=20
{rIl} "use the thumb", {qay} "use the second finger", {qew} "use the ring=
=20
finger", {qan} "use the pinkie" and for musicians, the general verb {Heng=
}=20
"finger holes in a musical instrument".
PUN: Lake Skaneateles, one of the Finger Lakes in New York state (with th=
e=20
helping vowel /I/).
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons