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Re: Klingon WOTD: teywI' (n)

Steven Boozer ([email protected]) [KLI Member] 


> > This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Thursday, January 15, 2004.
> >
> > Klingon word:   teywI'
> > Part of Speech: noun
> > Definition:     file

Philip:
>This is a file in the sense of a raspy tool, right? (Since {tey} is "scrape".)

Correct.  From KGT (p.79):

   Statues are carved of stone ({nagh}, "rock, stone") by various
   techniques. Thus, among other things, the sculptor ({Hew chenmoHwI'}
   [literally, "statue creator") may {nan} ("gouge"), {tey} ("scrape"),
   or {ghItlh} ("engrave"). To apply these techniques, specialized
   tools are employed: the {nanwI'} ("chisel"; literally, "gouger"),
   {teywI'} ("file"; literally, "scraper"), and {ghItlhwI'} ("stylus").

>Not in the sense of a folder for storing papers.

... or at least the folder and its contents together.  This is called a 
{ta} "record, file".  (Note that this word is one of the few Klingon words 
that ends in a vowel.)  Examples of its use:

   {ghotpu' tamey}  "personnel files"

   {tamey ngo'}  "archives" (literally, "old records")

   {may' ta}  "record of battle" (seen in TNG "Soldiers of the Empire")

     beq may' ta vIlajpu'.
     I have accepted the crew's record of battle. KGT



-- 
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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