[Tlhingan-hol] yu' ghojchoHwI

[Steven Boozer]

To answer Maxim’s question, there’s a section in _Klingon for the Galactic Traveller_  (KGT) which talks about Klingon musical instruments.  A couple of highlights:

KGT 74:  There are several types of Klingon musical instruments. Collectively, they are known as QoQ jan or QoQ janmey (the plural suffix -mey is never required). QoQ, as noted above, means music; jan is normally translated as device and is usually applied to some sort of sophisticated apparatus, but its use in QoQ jan may point to an earlier and less limited meaning, something like implement. There are special words used to describe the various techniques employed in playing specific instruments, but the general term for play a musical instrument is chu', which, when applied to technologically advanced devices, including weapons, means activate. Indeed, out of context, jan chu' could mean either activate the device or play the instrument, which may be why QoQ jan (musical instrument) is seldom shortened to simply jan. When the context is clearly musical, a player,--that is, one who plays a musical instrument--is a chu'wI', though more specific terminology may also be used, depending on the instrument being played. [...] There are a great many Klingon percussion instruments--that is, instruments that make a sound as a result of something striking something else. Klingons seem to enjoy playing the percussion instruments more than instruments of other types. Among these are various drums and bells. The general term for a percussion instrument of any kind is 'In.

KGT 76:  Each string [of a {leSpal}] is a SIrgh, a word also used for any thread or filament... To produce music, one may either pluck (pang) or strum (yach, which also means stroke or pet) the strings. The tone produced is varied by touching the string or strings at various points while plucking or strumming. The verb used for this, perhaps translatable as to finger, is the same as the one used for wind instruments: Heng. The word HurDagh refers to any of these stringed instruments, of which there are several different types, the most commonly found being the relatively small Supghew. The midsize leSpal is fairly widely used, while the large tIngDagh is rarely heard except in conjunction with the performance of an opera.

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons



From: Robyn Stewart [mailto:robyn at flyingstart.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2015 9:44 AM


naDev QoQ Dellu’ net chaw’bej.
DubmeH laHlIj QaghHommeylIj vItI’.

From: Maxim Sonin [mailto:maxim.sonin at gmail.com]
Sent: May 5, 2015 5:05

yu’ ghojchoHwI’ – { ’ } yIlIjQo’.


nuq mu'mey QoQ vIDel?

chay’ QoQ vIDel? = how do I describe music?
QoQ vIDelmeH mu’mey lI’ HIja’! = Tell me useful words for me to describe music

QoQ Delbogh mu’mey law’ DISov. ‘ey, bom mu’, bomwI’, muDuQ, chuS, Qatlh, tam, Quch, QeH, yu, bIm, ‘egh, loS, vagh, jav, Soch chorgh, Degh, nuQ, qat, moq, Supghew, SuS, SuSDeq, tIngDagh, thaw’, van bom, weq, wup, yach, bang bom, baS ‘In, chon bom, chu’, chuS’ugh, chu’wI’, Dap bom, DIr’In, DIron, Dov’agh, HurDagh, jan, may’ron, may’ bom, meSchuS, muchwI’, namtun, naQHom, ngujlep, ‘o’lav, ‘o’megh, qeb, qung, rey, rIl, Supghew je vIchuplaH. mu’meyvetlh DaSov’a’?

jIHvaD motlh Dajbe’ QoQ’e’ ‘ach tlhaQDI’ bom mu’ qoj lut Daj luDelDI’ vItIv.

ghantoH: QaQ lespal ghaj nIrvana?

leSpal QaQ ghaj’a’ nIrvana? = Does Nirvana have a good guitar?

taHlaH'a' 'e'?

HIja’! taHlaHbej. bISaHmo’ ‘ej batlh tlhIngan Hol Dalo’mo’ jIbel.

- Qov
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