[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: rItlh naQ

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, June 17, 2023

Klingon word: rItlh naQ
Part of speech: noun
Definition: pigment stick, paint brush
Source: KGT
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(KGT 80-81):  What the Federation would classify as a painting--that is, a {nagh beQ} featuring an image not carved into it but painted onto it--is made by applying {rItlh} … This may be done either by using fingers ({nItlhDu'}) or an implement called a {rItlh naQ} (pigment stick), a stick with flattened ends. The ends (sometimes referred to as the {nItlhpachDu'} [literally, fingernails]) are made in assorted sizes, making it possible to produce varied patterns. No doubt because of the phonetic similarity of the words {nItlh} (finger) and {rItlh} (pigment), the practice of applying pigment with fingers, and the habit of referring to the ends of pigment sticks as {nItlhpachDu'}, a pigment stick is also often called a {nItlh naQ} (literally, "finger stick"), though this term is used almost exclusively by the artisans themselves. The word {DIj} means "use a {rItlh naQ}, paint with a {rItlh naQ"". […] The verb {ngoH}, meaning smear in other contexts, is used for "paint using fingers".

[Lieven, qepHom 2018 < MO, posted 10/18/2018]:  Although the implement used to {wev} the drawing/sketch/doodle could be anything, it is not common to use {wev} if the implement is a {rItlh naQ}.

(KGT 79):  The closest to a general term in this realm may be the verb {raQ}, which means "manipulate by hand, handle".  It can be applied to carving, sculpting, metalworking, and the like…

SEE:
wuS rItlh naQ 		lipstick (n) TNK

rItlh  			pigment,  paint,  dye,  ink (n)
rItlh vol  		stencil (n)
rItlh ‘echlet  		ink pad (n)

SEE ALSo:
wev  			sketch,  doodle,  draw [quickly] (v) 
ghItlhwI' 		stylus (n)


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