tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jun 16 07:19:36 2015
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ngogh mutlhwI'
> Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, June 16, 2015
>
> Klingon word: ngogh mutlhwI'
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: bricklayer
> Source: Marc Okrand, Email 01/09/2012
MO to Lieven (1/09/2012): Words for bricklayer, roof maker, plumber, and so on are all based on the verb {mutlh}, meaning "construct, assemble, put together". Someone who does this, then, is a {mutlhwI'}. The idea is that a {mutlhwI'} puts things together. So a {ngogh mutlhwI'} is not (necessarily) someone who makes bricks, but someone who takes bricks that are already made and assembles them into something (such as a building) ... so this is "brick assembler" or the like. Similarly, a {beb mutlhwI'} doesn't make the roof, but, rather, lays out the shingles or planks or stones or whatever the roof is made out of. [...] Someone who repairs any of these things (who may or may not be the same person who installed/assembled them) is a {tI'wI'} ({tI'} "repair"). Most {mutlhwI'pu'} are also {tI'wI'pu'} - but you'd be advised to check with them first.
SEE ALSO:
ngogh block, lump, brick (n)
beb mutlhwI' roofer (n)
majyang mutlhwI' tiler (n)
'och mutlhwI' plumber (n)
'ul pat mutlhwI' electrician (n)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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