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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/24/2021 9:29 AM, mayqel qunen'oS
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cite="mid:CAP7F2cLTaf_27mU5RQvtbSLrhveM2N4mxF0EdMKK4ycihjROcQ@mail.gmail.com">Does
anyone have any ideas as to how we could express the musical
instrument "lyre"?
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<div dir="auto">There's the {HurDagh} (n) "stringed instrument
(general term)", {Supghew} (n) "type of stringed instrument",
{leSpal} (n) "type of stringed instrument", and {tIngDagh}
(n) "type of stringed instrument".</div>
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<div dir="auto">Does something of the above correspond to the
lyre, or should I use the time-honored approach of writing
*lyre*, and be done with it?</div>
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<p>Well, a lyre is a <b>HurDagh,</b> so if you could write "my
stringed instrument" and be satisfied with that generality, you're
good to go.</p>
<p>We know the names of the three instruments you mention above, and
we know little about them. The <b>Supghew</b> is "relatively
small" and "the most commonly found." The <b>leSpal</b> is
"midsize" and "fairly widely used," and the <b>tIngDagh</b> is
"large" and "rarely heard except in conjunction with the
performance of an opera."</p>
<p>Hol 'ampaS claims without source or evidence that a <b>Supghew</b>
is like a ukulele, but I suspect whoever wrote that note was
confusing the pun of the word <b>Supghew</b> with its actual
meaning in Klingon.</p>
<p>The <b>tIngDagh</b> sounds almost exactly like a harp or a
concert harp: large, and rarely heard (nowadays) except in large
orchestral performances. The pun namesakes of <b>Supghew</b> and
<b>leSpal</b> are clearly the ukulele and the guitar, but we
cannot infer just from what's in KGT that these are the Klingon
equivalents of these instruments.<br>
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<p>A lyre is kinda-sorta like a harp<b>Hom,</b> and a harp is
kinda-sorta like a <b>tIngDagh,</b> so you might get away with
calling a lyre a <b>tIngDaghHom </b>(maybe a <b>tera'
tIngDaghHom</b>). But this is just potential resemblances
through multiple stages, not a fact to stand by.<br>
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