tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Aug 12 03:01:31 2007
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Klingon WOTD: Heng (verb)
This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Sunday, August 12, 2007.
Category: Music
Klingon word: Heng
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: finger (holes, strings of instrument) to vary sound
Source: KGT (216 KE, 242 EK)
Swedish: fingra på (hål, strängar på instrument) för att variera ljud
Additional Notes:
KGT p. 75. Wind instruments (there is no overall term for them) range from the simple flute or fife ({Dov'agh}), generally crafted from a bone, to the highly complex {meSchuS}. This is a very large instrument, not at all easily moved from place to place, which consists of a network of interlocking tubes. One tube terminates in the mouthpiece ({ngujlep}) into which the player blows ({SuS}). The instrument's pitch and timbre are modified by fingering strategically placed holes in the tubing and by moving the hands in various ways (to move the fingers in this way is to {Heng}). The sound emitted by the {meSchuS} most resembles that of large pipe organs, but that characterization is not really flattering to either instrument.
KGT p. 76. To finger the {may'ron}--that is, to push the buttons--is to {Heng}, the same word applied to the {meSchuS}.
KGT p. 76. The tone produced is varied by touching the string or strings at various points while plucking or strumming. The verb used for this, perhaps translatable as "to finger," is the same as the one used for wind instruments: {Heng}.
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