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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/24/2021 9:53 AM, Steven Boozer
wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">(KGT 76):
Finally, a fourth type of instrument is one with strings, a {<b>HurDagh}</b>.
Each string is a {<b>SIrgh}</b>, a word also used for any thread
or filament... To produce music, one may either pluck ({<b>pang}</b>)
or strum ({<b>yach}</b>, which also means “<i>stroke”</i> or “<i>pet”</i>)
the strings. The tone produced is varied by touching the string
or strings at various points while plucking or strumming. The
verb used for this, perhaps translatable as “<i>to finger”</i>,
is the same as the one used for wind instruments: {<b>Heng}</b>.
The word {<b>HurDagh}</b> refers to any of these stringed
instruments, of which there are several different types, the
most commonly found being the relatively small {<b>Supghew}</b>.
The midsize {<b>leSpal}</b> is fairly widely used, while the
large {<b>tIngDagh}</b> is rarely heard except in conjunction
with the performance of an opera.<span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Note
that Okrand does not mention the presence (or absence) of
necks, sounding/resonating bowls, tuning pegs, frets, etc. So
until we have more information feel free to pick one. (Are
there any hints in the mass of new words released over the
past 2 or 3 years?)</span></p>
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<p>Not instruments of the plucking kind, but qepHom 2019 gave us <b>ngItHel,</b>
a stringed instrument that is played with a <b>ngItHel naQ,</b> a
bow. I guess that it is a class of instrument rather than a
specific one, so a violin and a double bass are both <b>ngItHel.
</b>Presumably, one can also <b>pang</b> the <b>SIrgh</b> of a <b>ngItHel.
</b>Otherwise, I see nothing that obviously touches on this.<br>
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