[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: bIQ SeHjan

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Klingon word: 	bIQ SeHjan
Part of speech: 	noun
Definition: 	faucet
Source: 	qep'a' 27 [2020]
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AFAIK never used in a sentence.

 (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.  […]  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'}.  [...]  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:
bIQ 		water (n)
DoQmIv  	sink (for cleaning hands, face, food, etc.) (n)
DoQmIv'a' 	bathtub (n)
bIQ ghaywI' pa' 	    shower (n)
bIQ ghItmoHwI’     fountain (n)
puchpa'  	washroom, bathroom (n)
vutpa'  		galley (n)
qatlhDa' 	water pipe (n)
'och 		conduit (n)
'ImSIng 		sewer (n)

tuj 		be hot (v)
bIr 		be cold (v)

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