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

[John R. Harness]

mu'vam vIparHa'qu'! nIqwI' jIH!
yabwIjDaq, "knitting" 'oHbe' "weaving"'e'.
tlheghmey tu'lu' (lughlu'), 'ach pIm mIwmey.
"knitting" "crocheting" ghap nIqlu'DI', wa' tlhegh tu'lu';
"weaving" nIqlu'DI', tlheghmey chong tlheghmey SaS je tu'lu'.

'ach, tlhIngan Hol jatlhlu'DI', nIqtaH!


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On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 10:28 AM, mayql qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:

> I never understood what SKI stands for..
>
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 6:24 PM,  <kechpaja at comcast.net> wrote:
> > 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?
> >
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > 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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