[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: mutlhwI' (noun)

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: mutlhwI'
Part of speech: noun
Definition: constructor, assembler, put togetherer
Source: Marc Okrand, Email 01/09/2012
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(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.  [...]  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:
majyang mutlhwI' 	tiler
'och mutlhwI' 		plumber
'ul pat mutlhwI' 	electrician

SEE ALSO:
jonwI' 			engineer (n)
chamwI' 		technician (n)

jom 			install (a device), equip (v)
chenmoH 		build, form, make, create (v)
'ogh 			invent, devise, design (v)
ren 			design, map out, plan (v)

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