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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, July 15, 2014
> 
> Klingon word: rIl
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: play (a wind instrument)
> Source: HQ:v10n2p9

This is a brass technique, not a flute technique. Most typically it is used with {gheb} "horn" as the object (cf. HQ 10.2).

HQ 10.2 p8:  The verb {Heng} "finger holes in a musical instrument" is a general term. When a specific finger is being referred to, one of the finger verbs is usually used...

KGT 75:  Wind instruments (there is no overall term for them) range from the simple flute or fife ({Dov'agh}), generally crafted from a bone, to the highly complex {meSchuS} ... The instrument's pitch and timbre are modified by fingering strategically placed holes in the tubing and by moving the hands in various ways (to move the fingers in this way is to {Heng}).

PUN: 
{gheb rIl} = "Gabriel"!


Similar words:

Heng 		finger holes in a musical instrument (v)
'uy 		press down (v)

Sen / rIl 	use the thumb (v)
SIq 		use the index finger (v)
qay 		use the second finger (v)
qew 		use the ring finger (v)
qan 		use the pinkie (v)

gheb  	horn (musical instrument) (n) 


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