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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: moq
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Fri Dec 21 10:36:06 2012
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:35:44 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, December 21, 2012
>
> Klingon word: moq
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: beat (something with an implement)
AFAIK never used in a sentence.
KGT 74f.: 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.
KGT 69: When the parties are ready, a third party, sort of a referee, says {moq}, the signal to begin. The verb {moq} literally means "beat" and it is a clipped form of, perhaps, {vImoq} ("I beat it") or even {vImoqpu'} ("I have beaten it"). In times past, one would hit something (such as a drum) with a stick to indicate the start of the duel; today, one simply says the word "beat".
Related words:
qIp hit (with hand, fist, implement) (v)
tlhaw' hit [percussion instrument] with fist (v)
weq hit [percussion instrument] with palm (v)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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