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

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nIq'a' tlhIngan loD tlhIngan be' je, tlhIngan loD neH, ghap tlhIngan be' neH? nIqvIp latlh tera'ngan loD, be' luDavIpmo'.

SKI: is knitting/weaving a gendered activity among Klingons, the way it is on Earth?


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> On Feb 16, 2016, at 11:06, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:
> 
> 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'
> 
> -----Original message-----
> From: mayql qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com>
> To: tlhIngan Hol mailing list <tlhingan-hol at kli.org>
> 
> >> 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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