[84330] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Klingon WOTD: tlhegh (noun)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Mar 31 12:06:14 2008
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:04:30 -0500
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From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
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>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Monday, March 31, 2008.
>
>Klingon word: tlhegh
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: line, rope
Never used in canon.
Related nouns:
{mu'tlhegh} "sentence"
{nugh tlhegh} "society rope" (?) KCD
{vIttlhegh} "proverb"
HQ 5.1: The usual term for "proverb" is {vIttlhegh}, literally "truth
rope" and formed, no doubt, by analogy with {mu'tlhegh} "sentence" or,
literally, "word rope".
Cf. also {SIrgh} "string, thread, filament" and {mIr} "chain".
Krankor uses {tlhegh} for "stanza, verse". That's how he designates the
three parts of the KLI anthem {taHjaj wo'} which are all sung at the same
time, in counterpoint: {tlhegh wa'DIch} is the "main verse", {tlhegh
cha'DIch} is the "answer back", and {tlhegh wejDIch} kind of runs all
through. The lyrics are reprinted in HQ 2.3.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
