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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: majyang
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Nov 19 09:30:57 2012
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:30:43 +0000
In-Reply-To: <F52986192E9FE346B0B7EF3D6F98E87711C718C7@EXDB3.ug.kth.se>
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>> Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, November 17, 2012
>>
>> Klingon word: majyang
>> Part of speech: noun
>> Definition: tile
>> Source: email to Lieven, 9 january 2012
qulwIb:
> I get the joke too, but can it be used in constructions like {tlhoy'
> SaS majyong}(1), "ceiling tile"?
Felix
> That should be fine. There's always a chance that Klingon ceiling
> tilers have a special word for it, but seeing as <majyang> appears to
> be primarily an architectural term, it sounds like an accurate
> description of a ceiling tile. (Or, if you specifically want *ceiling*
> tile, also consider <[pa'] 'aqroS majyang>.)
>
> I believe this word is from qepHom'a' HutDIch; qepHom'a' wa'maH wa'DIch
> is happening right now, I believe.
Here's some of the relevant info on the construction trades that Lieven shared with the collective:
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. [Marc Okrand > Lieven, 1/09/2012]
Lieven gave us the following professions:
ngogh mutlhwI' bricklayer
beb mutlhwI' roofer
majyang mutlhwI' tiler
'och mutlhwI' plumber
'ul pat mutlhwI' electrician
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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