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

[Felix Malmenbeck]

...or perhaps even <Book of Kells luqonmeH/lughItlhmeH luDIj>?
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From: Gaerfindel [gaerfindel at hotmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 20:14
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Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: nItlh naQ

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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