[Tlhingan-hol] More new words from Maltz

[Felix Malmenbeck]

Here's maHvatlh's transcript of an article in HQ10:2 that mentions qung: http://klingonska.org/canon/search/?file=2001-06-holqed-10-2.txt&get=source

Can't find any mention of string instruments there, but I see that maHvatlh and qurgh have similar notes in their dictionaries (maHvatlh using wording almost identical to yours: http://klingonska.org/dict/?q=qung ).

One explanation may be that somebody originally wrote that comment for the sake of clarity, and other then copied it into their notes.

Anyhow, going by the examples Maltz has given us, it does seem likely that the soundhole of a stringed instrument would be a QemjIq, since its a hollow space with only one opening.

By the way, does anybody know some good English words for making this distinction?
"cavity" seems a good match for QemjIq, but I can't think of a good one for qung. If not, this may be the only case where Klingon is actually more useful than English in discussing geometry; perhaps I should recommend these terms to my professors :P

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From: De'vID jonpIn [de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 13:34
To: tlhIngan-Hol
Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] More new words from Maltz

> (4) "hole" (like a hole in the ground) is QemjIq.  This can also be used
> for the hollow in a tree.  qung, the word for "hole in a musical
> instrument,"
> can't be used for a hole in the ground, but it could be used for a bullet
> hole or a hole in a shirt (including buttonholes, moth holes, accidental
> rips, etc.) or a hole in the roof.  You can fill (teb) a QemjIq, but not
> a qung.

In my notes for {qung}, I wrote that this refers to a hole used to
change pitch in a wind instrument, but apparently not to a soundhole
for a stringed instrument.  The note is annotated HQ 10.2, so I
presume that's where it comes from, but I don't have that issue any
more so I can't check.

In any case, does {QemjIq} work then for a soundhole of a stringed instrument?

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De'vID

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