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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: mutlh
> Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, January 26, 2013
>
> Klingon word: mutlh
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: construct, assemble, put together
> Source: Marc Okrand, Email 01/09/2012
MO, Message to Lieven, 1/09/2012:
Words for bricklayer, roof maker, plumber, and so on
are all based on the verb {mutlh}, meaning "construct,
assemble, put together". Someone who does this, then,
is a {mutlhwI'}. [...] The idea is that a {mutlhwI'}
puts things together. So a {ngogh mutlhwI'} is not
(necessarily) someone who makes bricks, but someone
who takes bricks that are already made and assembles
them into something (such as a building). Similarly,
a {beb mutlhwI'} doesn't make the roof, but, rather,
lays out the shingles or planks or stones or whatever
the roof is made out of. [...] Someone who repairs any
of these things (who may or may not be the same person
who installed/assembled them) is a {tI'wI'} ({tI'}
"repair"). Most {mutlhwI'pu'} are also {tI'wI'pu'} -
but you'd be advised to check with them first.
Known {mutlhwI'pu'}:
ngogh mutlhwI' bricklayer
beb mutlhwI' roofer
majyang mutlhwI' tiler
'och mutlhwI' plumber
'ul pat mutlhwI' electrician
Similar verbs:
jom install (a device), equip
chenmoH build, form, make, create
'ogh invent, devise, design
ren design, map out, plan
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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