[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: pun
Will Martin
willmartin2 at mac.com
Tue Jul 13 04:18:11 PDT 2021
Is there a word in a pitched language like “hampoon” with a dropping tone or “poonham” with a rising tone?
charghwI’, retired
> On Jul 12, 2021, at 10:49 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, July 10, 2021
>
> Klingon word: pun
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: be low (in pitch)
> Source: qepHom 2018
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> AFAIK never used in a sentence.
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> (Lieven, qepHom 2018): as in deep voice … These pitch words can also be used in music to talk about high and low tones.
>
> SEE:
> Ham be high (in pitch) (v) qepHom 2018
> Hampun yodel (v) (qep’a’ 2020)
> - (qep’a’ 2020): This is a two-syllable verb, and it’s slang
>
> SEE ALSO:
> HaS squeak (v)
> - (Lieven, qepHom 2018): is not only for animals. It can also be used for the sound an old door or a wooden chest does when you open it, if it's a sort of high pitch.
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> wab sound, noise (n)
> ghogh voice (n)
> QIch speech (vocal sounds) (n)
> bom song/chant
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