tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 13 12:46:47 2007
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Re: Klingon WOTD: Heng (verb)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Sunday, August 12, 2007.
>
>Klingon word: Heng
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: finger (holes, strings of instrument) to vary sound
>
>Additional Notes:
>KGT p. 75. Wind instruments (there is no overall term for them) range
>from the simple flute or fife ({Dov'agh}), generally crafted from a bone,
>to the highly complex {meSchuS}. This is a very large instrument, not at
>all easily moved from place to place, which consists of a network of
>interlocking tubes. One tube terminates in the mouthpiece ({ngujlep})
>into which the player blows ({SuS}). The instrument's pitch and timbre
>are modified by fingering strategically placed holes in the tubing and by
>moving the hands in various ways (to move the fingers in this way is to
>{Heng}). The sound emitted by the {meSchuS} most resembles that of large
>pipe organs, but that characterization is not really flattering to either
>instrument.
>
>KGT p. 76. To finger the {may'ron}--that is, to push the buttons--is to
>{Heng}, the same word applied to the {meSchuS}.
>
>KGT p. 76. The tone produced is varied by touching the string or strings
>at various points while plucking or strumming. The verb used for this,
>perhaps translatable as "to finger," is the same as the one used for wind
>instruments: {Heng}.
Use the "finger verbs" with {Heng} for more precision:
qung wejDIch HengmeH qewwI' lo'
(in order) to finger the third hole, he/she uses the ring finger. (HQ
10.2:7)
Cf. also {chu'} "play (an instrument)"
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons