[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: qung

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: qung
Part of speech: noun
Definition: hole (like in a musical wind instrument)
Source: HQ:v10n2p8
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qung wejDIch qew 
cover the third hole (in a musical instrument) with the (tip of the) ring finger. (HQ 10.2:7)

qung wejDIch HengmeH qewwI' lo' 
(in order) to finger the third hole, he/she uses the ring finger. (HQ 10.2:7)

(HQ 10.2:8):  This is to change the pitch in a wind instrument, apparently not a soundhole for stringed instruments. 

(MO to 'ISqu', 1/02/2012):  hole (like a hole in the ground) is {QemjIq}.  This can also be used for the hollow in a tree.  {qung}, the word for hole in a musical instrument, can't be used for a hole in the ground, but it could be used for a bullet hole or a hole in a shirt (including buttonholes, moth holes, accidental rips, etc.) or a hole in the roof.  You can fill ({teb}) a {QemjIq}, but not a {qung}.

(KGT 75):  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}.  This is a very large instrument, not at all easily moved from place to place, which consists of a network of interlocking tubes.  One tube terminates in the mouthpiece ({ngujlep}) into which the player blows ({SuS}).  The instrument's pitch and timbre are modified by fingering strategically placed holes in the tubing and by moving the hands in various ways (to move the fingers in this way is to {Heng}). 

PUN: 
(André Müller, 12/21/2012):  [In Mandarin Chinese] Pinyin *kong* ["hole"] is pronounced with the same [u] sound as Klingon {qung}.

SEE:
Durghang qung 		keyhole (n)

SEE ALSO:
QemjIq 			hole (n)
'olQan 			gap (n)

rIl 			play (a wind instrument) (n)
vegh 			go through (something) (v)

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons