tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Aug 16 11:18:47 2002
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Re: Klingon WOTD: mupwI'Hom (n)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Friday, August 16, 2002.
>
>Klingon word: mupwI'Hom
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: mallet (for musical instruments)
Never used in a sentence, but described by Okrand in KGT (pp.74-75):
The general term for a percussion instrument of any kind is {'In}.
[...] Other members of this group of instruments are hit with a stick
of some kind. The stick often resembles a small hammer; when it does,
it is termed {mupwI'Hom} (literally, "small striker"). A plain stick
is a {naQHom} (literally, "small cane" or "small staff"). To strike
the instrument with a stick is to {moq} ("beat") the instrument. The
{'In} itself may be made entirely of metal (in which case it might be
described as a bell, though in Klingon it is simply termed {baS 'In},
or "metal {'In}") or entirely of wood ({Sor Hap 'In}, "wood {'In}").
One kind of {Sor Hap 'In} is a tube, open on both ends, with a
longitudinal slit extending not quite to either end. It is hit with a
{mupwI'Hom}.
Related words are the noun {mupwI'} "hammer" and the verb {mup} "impact,
strike".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons