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

[Steven Boozer]

I would think so, until we get something more specific.

Okrand to De'vID (10/2014):

  [Maltz] said he does not knit and, in fact, wasn't quite
  sure what knitting was. I explained. He said there is a
  word perhaps best translated as “weave” and that he has
  heard of using sticks when doing a certain kind of weaving,
  but he didn't know a name for that other than weaving.
  (There are apparently other types of weaving also.) The
  word for “weave” (verb) is {nIq}. For the sticks used when
  doing whatever this weaving technique is, he's only heard
  {Hut'Inmey tIq}.

Here’s another useful word FYI:

Lieven (11/12/2014):

  After giving us the word for knitting, Maltz just revealed
  another useful and related word: it's {meS} and means “knot”,
   both as noun and verb. The object of the verb is the thing
  you use to make a knot, e.g. {tlhegh vImeS} - "I make a knot
  in the rope". To loosen the knot, simply say {meSHa'}.


--
Voragh
tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a'
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons



From: chransberry at gmail.com [mailto:chransberry at gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 9:44 AM

I crochet; would that also be a kind of {nIq}ing?

-QISta'
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From: mayql qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com<mailto:mihkoun at gmail.com>>
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>> chay' be'nI'lI' vISawlaH ? nIqlaHbe' ghaH !
>> How am I able to marry your sister ? She is unable to knit !
>>
>> be', bI'Ippu' 'e' vIqawchu' 'ej jIHvaD paSlogh DanIq 'e' Dalay'pu'.
>> Woman, I remember clearly that you swore and promised that you would
>> knit socks for me.
>>
>> mejpa' SuvwI'pu' 'ej che'ronDaq jaH, Qo'noSDaq tlhIngan wo' Degh lunIq
>> be'pu' 'ej HIpmeychajDaq lulan.
>> Before the warriors left and went to the battlefield, at Qo'noS the women
>> would weave the thlIngan emblem and place it on their uniforms.
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 5:00 PM, qurgh lungqIj wrote:
>> > Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, February 14, 2016
>> >
>> > Klingon word: nIq
>> > Part of speech: verb
>> > Definition: weave, knit
>> > Source:

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