tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Feb 21 07:37:39 2001
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Re: Klingon WOTD: tIngDagh (n)
: Klingon word: tIngDagh
: Part of Speech: noun
: Definition: type of stringed instrument
: Additional Notes: KGT.
"Each string is a {SIrgh}, a word also used for any thread or filament... 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 [ghe'naQ]." (KGT 76)
Cf. the general verbs {chu'} "play (a musical instrument)" and {qat} "accompany
(singing) with instrumental music". Before the publication of KGT, Capt.
Krankor (and others) used {chuS'ugh} for "guitar", which he sometimes played at
Klingonist gatherings.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons