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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'ul pat mutlhwI'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Dec 17 10:14:14 2012
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:14:03 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, December 17, 2012
>
> Klingon word: 'ul pat mutlhwI'
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: electrician
> Source: Marc Okrand, Email 01/09/2012
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 (neces-
sarily) someone who makes bricks, but someone who takes
bricks that are already made and assembles them into
something (such as a building). 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.
Known types of {mutlhwI'pu'}:
ngogh mutlhwI' bricklayer
beb mutlhwI' roofer
majyang mutlhwI' tiler
'och mutlhwI' plumber
'ul pat mutlhwI' electrician
Cf. also {jonwI'} engineer, {chamwI'} technician, and {tI'wI'} repairman.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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