[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: DIn

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, May 28, 2023

Klingon word: DIn
Part of speech: noun
Definition: open entryway (to corridor, tunnel, conduit, Jeffries tube, branch of sewer, bag)
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ghe'tor DInDaq ghaHtaH qeylIS'e' 
Kahless is at the entrance of Gre'thor (PB)

(HQ 12.2:7):  For the end of a longish enclosed space that one is typically inside of or experiences from the inside, such as a corridor, tunnel, or conduit (say, a Jeffries tube or a branch of the sewers of Paris), a different word is used: {qa'rI'}. This is the only word; it's used for both (or all) ends. The open entryway leading into such a space is called a {DIn}. If there's a door there, it's referred to by the usual word for door, {lojmIt}. 

(Lieven < MO, 4/11/2019):  What I was driving at is that a {qa'rI'} at or from which one can enter or exit is a {DIn}. There may or may not be a (closed or open) door or gate there, but if there is, that door or gate is a {lojmIt}. That is, there's no special word just because it's a {qa'rI'} door. (By the way, a doorframe or something similar — something constructed to hold a door or gate, whether the door/gate is there or not — is a {lIvqa'nan}.)

(KLI New Klingon Words list [whose comment?]):  This is the open entryway of any enclosed space longer than wide in which people might find themselves. If there is a door that closes, this is not a {DIn}. It is merely a {lojmIt}.

PRIVATE PUN: 
(De’vID, 3/29/2019):  if anyone is wondering why {DIn}, {qa'rI'}, {megh'an}, and {'er'In} sound like people names, it's because they are. (Dean, Kari, Megan, and Erin are members of Marc Okrand's family.)

SEE ALSO:
HIchDal 	airlock (n)
lojmIt  		door, gate, gateway [S99], hatch [KBoP] (n)
jI'ev 		handle, knob, doorknob (n)
'och 		tunnel (n)
chob 		corridor (n)

 ‘el 		enter, go in (v)
vegh 		go through (an existing opening) (v)
DIy 		be stuck (like when you can’t get a door or window open) (v)


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