[Tlhingan-hol] ulesses Ha'DIbaH

[Steven Boozer]

DloraH:
> >>> QISmaS 'oHlaw','ach muSeng Hapvam..
> >>> it may be Christmas,however this matter troubles me..
> >>
> >> qech'e' Daqelbogh 'oSbe' [Hap] mu'.
> >> 'o'rISmey yugh Hap.
> >> ghu' 'oSbe' Hap.
> >> [Sor Hap] yIqel.
> >> chaq mu'tlheghvamvaD [...ghu'vam], [...lutvam] ghap bIjatlh.

qunnoQ:
> ok, I tried harder, and now I understand what you said ; you said that
> {Hap} describes matter, as in "chemistry" matter.
> And you gave the example of {Sor Hap}..
> 
> hmm.. I hadn't thought of that ! thank you for bringing this to my
> attention ! I will not make the same mistake again.

{Hap} "matter (substance)" TKD, "element" KBoP (n):

  choH lISbogh Hap'e': cha'pujqut 
  Reaction Moderating Element - Crystalline Dilithium. KBoP

  Sor Hap 
  wood KGT

KGT 74-75:  The general term for a percussion instrument of any kind is {'In} [...] The {'In} itself may be made entirely of metal (in which case it might be described as a bell, though in Klingon it is simply termed {baS 'In}, or "metal {'In}") or entirely of wood ({Sor Hap 'In}, "wood {'In}). One kind of {Sor Hap 'In} is a tube, open on both ends, with a longitudinal slit extending not quite to either end. 

See also the related word {rugh} "antimatter (substance)":

  nIn: rugh bIQSIp 
  Fuel - Anti Hydrogen. KBoP

For "matter, topic, concern, affair, etc." we have the nouns {wanI'} "phenomenon, event, occurrence", {ghu'} "situation", {Dotlh} "status" as well as an idiom:

(HQ 12.3:9)  All this talk of pseudohonor and nonhonor logically led to a discussion of honor itself, normally expressed by the nouns {quv} and {batlh}, both usually defined as simply "honor". When asked to distinguish between the two, Maltz said, "{tlhIngan Soj 'oH--not bIyaj}," literally, "It is Klingon food-you will not understand," using {Soj} "food" in its idiomatic sense of "matter, concern, affair".



--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons