[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'ul pat mutlhwI'

[Steven Boozer]

> 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.


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons