tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 15 07:19:28 2013
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: HIvje' bom
> Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, July 13, 2013
>
> Klingon word: HIvje' bom
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: drinking song
> Source: KGT
TKW 15: Klingons are also well known for their extensive collection of drinking songs.
KGT 78: the most frequently heard type of song is the {HIvje' bom}, the drinking song. The word {HIvje'} really refers to a drinking glass of any kind (a goblet, tumbler, wineglass, mug), so a {HIvje' bom} is literally a "drinking glass song", perhaps so named because the glass is alternately filled and emptied (that is, the beverage is consumed) as singing continues. A {may' bom} (battle song), {chon bom} (hunting song), or just about any other kind of song may serve as a {HIvje' bom}, but there are special songs heard almost exclusively as accompaniments to drinking. The drinking songs are always sung loudly (this would probably be described by using the term {pe'vIl} [forcefully]), seldom with instrumental accompaniment, and they tend to be rather lengthy ({nI'}) and, from a non-Klingon perspective, repetitive.
KGT 129f.: The association of thirst with singing is probably due to the custom of accompanying drinking with singing and the usual practice of continuing both of these activities for a great length of time.
KGT 123: The phrase [{Doq bIQtIq bIQ} "The river water is red"] can be traced back to an old drinking song that commemorates the slaying of the tyrant Molor by Kahless. On that day, according to the song, the River Skral ran red; that is, it was filled with the blood of Molor.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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