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Re: nuq Daq bom tavam? / KLBC



Since this is a vocabulary question, I'll venture {cha' DarSeqwIj}.

pIl'o' wrote:

: <'Iv  maH> bom  ta  vIneH.  (is <ta> the right noun to use here?)
: mu'mey  vIghaj  'ach  bomvam  vIghojlaHmeH  bom wab  vIHutlh.

It depends on what you're asking for.  If you want an audio recording or sound
file, there are at least three variants I've seen used on this list:

*{bom ta} "song/chant recording"
  (from {bom} "song, chant" [n] and {ta} "record, file" [n])

*{QoQ ta} "a musical recording"
  (from {QoQ} "music" ["meaning musical sound, whether or not a Klingon
   voice is participating in producing this sound" (MO in HQ 2.4)]

*{ghogh ta} "a spoken recording"
  (from {ghogh} "voice")

OTOH if you're asking for the written music, or score, to play along on your
{chuS'ugh} or {leSpal}, I'd use *{bom ghItlh} or *{QoQ ghItlh} - from {ghItlh}
"manuscript" - instead.  YMMV.

To answer your other question, I don't have any of the above.  In fact, I've
never heard of the song in question.  nuq 'oH bomvam'e'?  qonta' 'Iv?



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Voragh                       
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons


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