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

[Felix Malmenbeck]

Is it a coincidence that Hur + tIng -> Hurting?
Probably, but I don't know.

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From: Terrence Donnelly [terrence.donnelly at sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 17:29
To: tlhIngan-Hol
Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: tIngDagh

--- On Fri, 3/30/12, De'vID jonpIn <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com> wrote:

Philip Newton:

> Is there a pun in {tIngDagh}?

> {leSpal} sounds like a Gibson "Les Paul" electric guitar, but I don't

> know what a {tIngDagh} could be.
I don't know about {tIngDagh}, but maybe {HurDagh} is a reference to the "hurdy gurdy"? Although that's a very specific musical instrument, and not a word for a type of instrument.
Voragh:

> Hmm, looking at it... [something] + DOG perhaps?
I don't know if this is relevant, but the bridge on such an instrument is called its "chien" (i.e., dog in French).
{tIng} could mean (the area to the) southwest (which is somewhat like {Hur} which means outside). Or, it could be the sound a string makes. Or it (and the word) might be completely meaningless. :-)
The {tIngDagh} is a large stringed instrument which is rarely heard except in conjunction with the performance of an opera. What would this be? A violin? A cello? A harp?
--

maybe just "big dog"? Kind of a sloppy pun in Klingon ({tIng} for {tIn}) and English ({Dagh} for 'dog'), but you never know.

(I lost track of who said what above, so sorry if I mis-attributed.)

-- ter'eS

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