tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Sep 01 12:14:19 2004
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Re: Klingon WOTD: leSpal (n)
At 12:28 PM -0500 9/1/04, Steven Boozer wrote:
> Russ Perry:
>> Are {Dagh} or {-Dagh} any known Klingon words/affixes?
> No, they're not. {Dagh} shows up in:
>
> {bo'Dagh} scoop, scooping implement (to serve food) (n.)
>
> {nevDagh} type of pot with handles (used for food preparation) (n.)
>
> {Daghtuj} mixture of animal parts (served as food) (n.) [PUN: "hot
> {tuj} dog {Dagh}"]
Looks like if anything, {Dang} means "food" in some way, so that's
probably not a good lead?
>> For that matter, what of {tIng}?
> {tIng} area southwestward, area towards the southwest (n.)
That doesn't seem likely either.
> You didn't ask, but {Hur} is "[area?] outside" (n.).
Right, I didn't ask, because that one WAS in TKD, though I don't
see that meaning anything...
>> I don't see any puns there, but I'm still trying to think of what
>> the {tIngDagh} would be -- at first I was thinking it was a bass or
>> cello (violin family, though it mentions nothing about bowing the
>> strings in the KGT piece above), maybe a bass guitar (though I'm not
>> sure that would be used only mostly in operas). However, I'm
>> beginning to think that possibly the {tIngDagh} is a harp. Are
>> there any famous harpists named Ting? :-)
> Any ideas, musicians?
I finally got to check Google... Some interesting ones:
A work of art showing a harp (artist name is Ting?)...
http://www.artbrokerage.com/retail/ting/ting_harp.htm
Possibility of the instrument being a zither...
http://www.oliversudden.com/China/HongTing/bio_hong.html http://www.oliversudden.com/China/HongTing/zheng.html
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