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

[mayql qunenoS]

maj

On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 6:53 PM, John R. Harness <cartweel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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