[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'och mutlhwI'

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, October 20, 2016
> 
> Klingon word: 'och mutlhwI'
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: plumber
> Source: Marc Okrand, Email 01/09/2012

(MO to Lieven, 1/09/2012):  Regarding plumber - It turns out there is a special word for water pipe (not what you use for smoking - the kind that carries water from place to place): {qatlhDa'}. Though one could say {qatlhDa' mutlhwI'} and be understood, the normal way to refer to someone putting in pipes (for water or anything else) is {'och mutlhwI'}.


(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 mutlhwI' 		bricklayer
beb mutlhwI' 		roofer
majyang mutlhwI' 	tiler
'ul pat mutlhwI' 	electrician

jonwI' 			engineer
chamwI' 			technician

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