[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: nItlh naQ

[Gaerfindel]

On 1/11/2012 10:56 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:
>> Klingon word:   nItlh naQ
>> Part of speech: noun
>> Definition:     pigment stick (slang)
> Never used in a sentence.
>
> Language notes:
>
> KGT 80f.:  ...the practice of applying pigment with fingers, and the habit of referring to the ends of pigment sticks as {nItlhpachDu'}, a pigment stick is also often called a {nItlh naQ} (literally, "finger stick}), though this term is used almost exclusively by the artisans themselves. The word {DIj} means "use a {rItlh naQ}, paint with a {rItlh naQ}" [...] The verb {ngoH}, meaning "smear" in other contexts, is used for "paint using fingers.

A good question for Maltz:  Does {DIj} take a direct object?  And is 
that d.i. the object "painted?"  For example, can I say:

{/Book of Kells/ luDIj monkpu'}

Or must I say:  {/Book of Kells/ luchenmoHmeH monkpu' DIj.}
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