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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, January 15, 2016
> 
> Klingon word: majyang
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: tile
> Source: Marc Okrand, Email 01/09/2012

majyang mutlhwI'  	tiler (n) (MO to Lieven, 1/09/2012)

(MO to Lieven, 1/09/2012):  Words for bricklayer, roof maker, plumber, and so on are all based on the verb {mutlh}, meaning "construct, assemble, put together". Someone who does this, then, is a {mutlhwI'}. [...] The idea is that a {mutlhwI'} puts things together. So a {ngogh mutlhwI'} is not (necessarily) someone who makes bricks, but someone who takes bricks that are already made and assembles them into something (such as a building). Similarly, a {beb mutlhwI'} doesn't make the roof, but, rather, lays out the shingles or planks or stones or whatever the roof is made out of. [...] Someone who repairs any of these things (who may or may not be the same person who installed/assembled them) is a {tI'wI'} ({tI'} "repair"). Most {mutlhwI'pu'} are also {tI'wI'pu'} - but you'd be advised to check with them first.

SEE ALSO:
ngogh 			brick, block

ngogh mutlhwI' 		bricklayer
beb mutlhwI' 		roofer
'och mutlhwI' 		plumber
'ul pat mutlhwI' 	electrician


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons