tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Mar 14 07:28:59 2013
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: QIn
> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, March 14, 2013
>
> Klingon word: QIn
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: message
As used in canon:
Qugh la'vaD QIn pav.
[Urgent message for Commander Kruge.] (ST3 DVD case)
QIn gher
he/she formulates a message
he/she writes a message (st.k 7/09/1998)
QIn qon
he/she composes a message
he/she writes a message
("he/she records a message") (st.k 7/09/1998)
ghe'naQ Daqvo' QInvam wIlab.
We will place a homing device transmitting this message at the site of the opera. ('U'-MTK)
KGT 65: Finally, though not connected to weaponry, the word {Qin} means not only "spearhead" but also "message". In this case, it is not clear which came first. Perhaps the spearhead was always thought of as the message being delivered by the spear or spear wielder.
st.klingon (7/09/1998): One might also say {QIn gher} "he/she formulates a message" or, more colloquially, "he/she writes a message". But now it begins to get tricky. Using {gher} here implies that the writer of the message was passing along some information he or she got elsewhere, such as scribbling down a telephone message. Saying {QIn qon} "he/she composes a message" or "he/she writes a message" (literally "he/she records a message") suggests that the writer is presenting some new information as opposed to merely passing something along. It may also imply that the written message has some sort of literary merit, and thus be a compliment.
Related words:
QIn 'echletHom postcard TNK
ghItlh manuscript (n)
De' data, information (n)
potlh De' priority message (ST5 notes)
jabbI'ID data transmission; e-mail post (unofficial) (n)
maQ signal, sign (n)
WRT {Qin} "spearhead" (n):
KGT 64: The shaft of a spear is the {tIH}; the sharp tip or spearhead is the {Qin}. As might be expected, there are a great many different types of {QInmey} (the plural form of {Qin}). A plain spearhead, one that is simply a sharp point, is a {QIn pup} ("perfect spearhead"). A tip with multiple points is a {QIn vagh} ("spearhead number five"), though this is a bit odd because there may be any number of points and no other spearheads are named with numbers. A spearhead that is barbed is a {SeDveq}, a word with unknown etymological origins and otherwise unused.
["unknown etymological origins and otherwise unused" -- this has got to be a pun!]
HQ 12.2 p7: ... the sharp end of a spear is the {Qin{ ... When shown a pencil, Maltz said that the sharp end could be called a {Qin}, but if the pencil were new and did not yet have a point, the ready-to-be-sharpened end would be a {megh'an} or {'er'In}.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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