[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: SuSDeq

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: SuSDeq
Part of speech: noun
Definition: windbag, bellows (instrument)
Source: KGT
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(KGT 75-76):  Wind instruments (there is no overall term for them) range from the simple flute or fife ({Dov'agh}), generally crafted from a bone, to the highly complex {meSchuS}. ... A third category of Klingon instrument is the {SuSDeq}, the windbag or bellows type. A {SuSDeq} has a flexible bag, usually made of animal skin, which is alternately filled with and emptied of air. This air passes over strips of various materials ({joQmey}), which vibrate as the air goes by, producing the musical tones. For one form of {SusDeq}, the {may'ron}, the player stretches the bag out to fill it with air and squeezes it together to empty it while directing the flow of air by pressing buttons mounted on boards on either end of the bag, much like an accordion. To finger the {may'ron}--that is, to push the buttons--is to {Heng}, the same word applied to the {meSchuS}. To alternately squeeze and stretch out the bag part of the {may'ron} is to {rey}. Another type of {SuSDeq}, the {DIron}, resembles and is played much like bagpipes. The verb that means squeeze the bag part of the {DIron}, usually with the elbow, is {qeb}. 

SEE:
chu' 		play an instrument [general verb]
buq 		pouch, bag, sack (n)

SEE ALSO:
SuS  		blow (into wind instrument) to produce sound (v)
SuS  		wind,  breeze (n)
SuSHom  	wisp of air (n)
SuS'a'  		strong wind (n)

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons