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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: mupwI'Hom
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Nov 28 10:39:05 2011
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:38:53 -0600
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, November 28, 2011
>
> Klingon word: mupwI'Hom
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: mallet (for striking a musical instrument)
Never used in a Klingon sentence.
It is, of course, the diminutive of {mupwI'} "hammer":
mupwI' yI'uchtaH
Keep holding the hammer! TKW
TKW 120: the hammer is a symbol of power to Klingons
HoSghaj; mupwI' rur
powerful as a hammer KGT
KGT 129: for a Klingon, a hammer is a symbol of power. The phrase {HoSghaj; mupwI' rur} ("powerful as a hammer") is based on this notion.
Cultural notes:
KGT 74-75: The general term for a percussion instrument of any kind is {'In}. [...] Other members of this group of instruments are hit with a stick of some kind. The stick often resembles a small hammer; when it does, it is termed {mupwI'Hom} (literally, "small striker"). A plain stick is a {naQHom} (literally, "small cane" or "small staff"). To strike the instrument with a stick is to {moq} (beat) the instrument. The {'In} itself may be made entirely of metal (in which case it might be described as a bell, though in Klingon it is simply termed {baS 'In}, or "metal {'In}") or entirely of wood ({Sor Hap 'In}, "wood {'In}"). One kind of {Sor Hap 'In} is a tube, open on both ends, with a longitudinal slit extending not quite to either end. It is hit with a {mupwI'Hom}.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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