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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: rIl
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Tue Jul 15 10:13:16 2014
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 14:13:08 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, July 15, 2014
>
> Klingon word: rIl
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: play (a wind instrument)
> Source: HQ:v10n2p9
This is a brass technique, not a flute technique. Most typically it is used with {gheb} "horn" as the object (cf. HQ 10.2).
HQ 10.2 p8: The verb {Heng} "finger holes in a musical instrument" is a general term. When a specific finger is being referred to, one of the finger verbs is usually used...
KGT 75: Wind instruments (there is no overall term for them) range from the simple flute or fife ({Dov'agh}), generally crafted from a bone, to the highly complex {meSchuS} ... The instrument's pitch and timbre are modified by fingering strategically placed holes in the tubing and by moving the hands in various ways (to move the fingers in this way is to {Heng}).
PUN:
{gheb rIl} = "Gabriel"!
Similar words:
Heng finger holes in a musical instrument (v)
'uy press down (v)
Sen / rIl use the thumb (v)
SIq use the index finger (v)
qay use the second finger (v)
qew use the ring finger (v)
qan use the pinkie (v)
gheb horn (musical instrument) (n)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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