tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Sep 01 18:54:09 2004
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Re: Klingon WOTD: leSpal (n)
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- Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: leSpal (n)
- Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 01:53:28 +0000
-------------- Original message from Steven Boozer : --------------
>
> > >> > Klingon word: leSpal
> > >> > Part of Speech: noun
> > >> > Definition: type of stringed instrument
> > >
> > > Finally, a fourth type of instrument is one with strings, a
> > > {HurDagh} ... 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." (KGT 76)
> >For that matter, what of {tIng}?
>
> {tIng} area southwestward, area towards the southwest (n.)
>
> You didn't ask, but {Hur} is "[area?] outside" (n.).
>
> >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?
>
>
>
> --
> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
Ummmm ... Stringed instrument of the South....Banjo??