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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: tIngDagh
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Mar 26 16:19:47 2012
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org"
<tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org>
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:19:27 -0500
In-Reply-To: <CA+cwSm_chreEEP59t_RGNYNC608gkQsjFtqU_EbYCEukCvwEbA@mail.gmail.com>
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Hmm, looking at it... [something] + DOG perhaps?
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philip Newton [mailto:philip.newton@gmail.com]
>
>> The word {HurDagh} refers to any of these stringed instruments, of
> which there are several different types, the most commonly found being
> the relatively small {Supghew}. The midsize {leSpal} is fairly widely
> used, while the large {tIngDagh} is rarely heard except in conjunction
> with the performance of an opera.
>
> Is there a pun in {tIngDagh}?
>
> {Supghew} is a "jumping bug" aka {'uku lele} in Hawai'ian, while
> {leSpal} sounds like a Gibson "Les Paul" electric guitar, but I don't
> know what a {tIngDagh} could be.
>
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