[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: beb multhwI'

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, May 08, 2016
> 
> Klingon word: beb multhwI'
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: roofer
> Source: Marc Okrand, Email 01/09/2012

(MO to Lieven, 1/09/2012):  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'}... Most {mutlhwI'pu'} are also {tI'wI'pu'} - but you'd be advised to check with them first.

Other types of {mutlhwI'pu'} include:
	majyang mutlhwI' 	tiler (n)
	ngogh mutlhwI' 		bricklayer (n)
	'och mutlhwI' 		plumber (n)
	'ul pat mutlhwI' 	electrician (n)

SEE ALSO:
beb  		roof (n)
pa' beb 	ceiling

majyang  	tile (n)
ngogh 	brick, block (n)

mutlh  	construct, assemble, put together (v)
tI' 		repair


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