[96574] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] "Knitting" in Klingon
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Thu Jun 27 09:37:00 2013
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:36:37 +0000
In-Reply-To: <CA+7zAmM-xGcvr4t4RWcBsQWyqZLR5KbN2ZuyE5AB1cvxBXhRug@mail.gmail.com>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
De'vID:
> I recently came across someone using *{vaDmuv} as a verb
> meaning "to knit" (e.g., a sweater) on Twitter. It doesn't
> look like a Klingon verb. Actually, it looks like two Klingon
> verbs stuck together (but then again, so does {He'So'}).
> [...] Is this a legit word?
Nope. *{vaDmuv} = "be flexible + join"
I might have said something like *{SIrghmey muv/bagh} "join/tie strings (threads)". (A {muvwI'} is a suture, from {tuj muvwI'} "thermo-suture". {bagh} has never been used in canon.)
Knitting needles though could well be called {(muvmeH/baghmeH) naQHommey} "(joining/tying) sticks", like those used to strike percussion instruments (cf. KGT 74-75).
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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