tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed May 21 07:14:51 2014
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: HurDagh
> Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, May 21, 2014
>
> Klingon word: HurDagh
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: stringed instrument (general term)
KGT 76: Finally, a fourth type of instrument is one with strings, a {HurDagh}. Each string is a {SIrgh}, a word also used for any thread or filament. A {SIrgh} of the finest quality is made from a material secreted by insects, similar to the silk produced by silkworms. To produce music, one may either pluck ({pang}) or strum ({yach}, which also means stroke or pet) the strings. 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}. The word {HurDagh} refers to any of these stringed instruments, of which there are several different types, the most commonly found being the relatively small {Supghew}. The midsize {leSpal} is fairly widely used, while the large {tIngDagh} is rarely heard except in conjunction with the performance of an opera.
KGT 74: There are special words used to describe the various techniques employed in playing specific instruments, but the general term for play a musical instrument is {chu'}, which, when applied to technologically advanced devices, including weapons, means "activate". Indeed, out of context, {jan chu'} could mean either "activate the device" or "play the instrument", which may be why {QoQ jan} (musical instrument) is seldom shortened to simply {jan}. When the context is clearly musical, a player,--that is, one who plays a musical instrument--is a {chu'wI'}, though more specific terminology may also be used, depending on the instrument being played.
HQ 10.2 p.8: The 'finger verbs' are used when talking about specific ways of using a particular device (weapon, computer control panel, even musical instrument)
One of these stringed instruments - a {Supghew}? - was seen being played by the Klingon Chef in DS9 "Melora."
Related words:
chu' play (a musical instrument) (v)
much perform [music] (v)
qeb queeze [windbag] (v)
rey squeeze and stretch out [windbag] (v)
SuS blow [horn, pipe] (v)
tlhaw' hit with fist [drum] (v)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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