tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Oct 15 07:54:56 2004
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Re: Klingon WOTD: tlhegh (n)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Friday, October 15, 2004.
>
>Klingon word: tlhegh
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: line, rope
Never used in a canon sentence.
{tlhegh} appears in {mu'tlhegh} "sentence" and {vIttlhegh}
"proverb". Okrand comments:
The usual term for "proverb" is {vIttlhegh}, literally "truth rope"
and formed, no doubt, by analogy with {mu'tlhegh} "sentence" or,
literally, "word rope". (HQ 5.1)
Krankor uses {tlhegh} for "stanza, verse". I'm told that Krankor's Klingon
anthem {taHjaj wo'} consists of three sections, all sung at the same time
in counterpoint. {tlhegh wa'DIch} is the "main verse," {tlhegh cha'DIch}
is the "answer back," and {tlhegh wejDIch} kind of runs all through. The
lyrics are reprinted in HQ 2.3.
{nugh tlhegh} ("society line"?) appears in the KCD novelization:
"Pok has yet to complete the Second Rite of Ascension. In the eyes of
the {nugh tlhegh} he is still a boy."
Perhaps "in the eyes of other people" or "high society"? (Pok - like Worf
- comes from an important, upper class family.) This could also refer to
the six painstik-wielding warriors who form the gauntlet (or "River of
Pain") for a young Klingon during his {nentay} which IIRC is also seen in
KCD. (Does this phrase appear in the actual game?)
Useful verbs to use with {tlheghmey} are {bagh} "tie" and {rar} "connect,
attach".
Cf. also the nouns {SIrgh} "string, thread, filament" and {mIr} "chain".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons