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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: yach
Steven Boozer (sboozer@uchicago.edu)
> Klingon word: yach
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: strum (a stringed instrument)
> Source: KGT
Also "pet, stroke, brush (hair)". ("Caress" too, I'd imagine.)
KGT 76: Each string is a {SIrgh}, a word also used for any thread or filament... To produce music, one may either pluck ({pang}) or strum ({yach}, which also means "stroke" or "pet") the strings. 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}.
SEE ALSO:
Hot touch, feel (v)
chu' play [an instrument] (v)
yachwI' brush (n)
jIb yachwI' hairbrush (n) TNK
Saj pet (n)
And speaking of hairbrushes, see {jIb Ho'Du'} "comb" from TNK.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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