[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: joQ

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon word:   joQ
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: strip of material in a *susdek* instrument

KGT 75-76:  A third category of Klingon instrument is the {SuSDeq}, the windbag or bellows type. A {SuSDeq} has a flexible bag, usually made of animal skin, which is alternately filled with and emptied of air. This air passes over strips of various materials ({joQmey}), which vibrate as the air goes by, producing the musical tones.

Note that {joQ} also means "rib", of which Klingon have 23 (cf. KGT p.126-27).


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons