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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: DIj

Steven Boozer ([email protected])



> Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, March 13, 2013
> 
> Klingon word:   DIj
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition:     use a pigment stick, paint with pigment stick

KGT 80-81:  What the Federation would classify as a painting - that is, a {nagh beQ} featuring an image not carved into it but painted onto it - is made by applying {rItlh} ("pigment, paint, dye") derived from either an animal or plant source. This may be done either by using fingers ({nItlhDu'}) or an implement called a {rItlh naQ} (pigment stick), a stick with flattened ends. The ends (sometimes referred to as the {nItlhpachDu'} [literally, "fingernails"]) are made in assorted sizes, making it possible to produce varied patterns. No doubt because of the phonetic similarity of the words {nItlh} ("finger") and {rItlh} ("pigment"), the practice of applying pigment with fingers, and the habit of referring to the ends of pigment sticks as {nItlhpachDu'}, a pigment stick is also often called a {nItlh naQ} (literally, "finger stick"), though this term is used almost exclusively by the artisans themselves. The word {DIj} means "use a {rItlh naQ}, paint with a {rItlh naQ}". The same word is used in the context of battling with swords to refer to the sliding of one's blade along that of the opponent.

Related words:

ngoH 				paint using fingers, smear (v)
nguv 				be dyed, be stained, be tinted (v)
nguvmoH 			dye, tint, stain (v)
ghItlh 			engrave, incise, mark (v)

ghItlhwI'  		stylus, pen (n)
ghojmoH ghItlhwI'  	pencil (n)

{raQ} might also be useful as it can be used in artistic contexts:

KGT 79:  The closest to a general term in this realm may be the verb {raQ}, which means "manipulate by hand, handle". It can be applied to carving, sculpting, metalworking, and the like but is really much less specific, referring to activities that involve having some control over some object.


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons



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