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Re: KLBC - mu'tlheghmey *random* vIchenmoH

• From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: KLBC - mu'tlheghmey *random* vIchenmoH
• Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 21:57:49 -0500
• In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

tuv'el jang Qov:
>> > > leSpal HengmeH 'etlh lo'lu'chugh jejHa'qu'nIS.
>>
>> > maj.  jejchugh tlhegh pe'ba'.  (Or is it /SIrgh/?  I don't
>remember.)
>> "Good.  It would obviously cut the string if it were sharp."
>>
>> /tlhegh/ "line, rope"  /SIrgh/ "string, thread, filament"
>
>Yes, I know.   But which is correct for a Klingon musical instrument?
>I would guess /tlhegh/ but these things aren't necessarily consistent
>from language to language.

The word {SIrgh} was introduced on KGT p.76, as part of the discussion
of {HurDagh}, stringed musical instruments: "Each string is a {SIrgh},
a word also used for any thread or filament."

-- ghunchu'wI'

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