<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Nov 25, 2024 at 4:54 PM Steven Boozer via tlhIngan-Hol <<a href="mailto:tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org">tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, November 23, 2024<br>
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Klingon word: yItram<br>
Part of speech: noun<br>
Definition: whistle (hand-held device) with a clear sound<br>
Source: qepHom 2023<br>
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(qepHom 2023): A whistle with a clear sound is a {yItram}.<br>
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(Lieven, 12/15/2023): At qepHom 2023, we learned some words for whistles. Okrand just gave me some additions on their usage. Most of it basically was clear, but it's good to have a definite response: [1] These ship- or factory-type whistles cannot be "played" by a person. They're powered by some sort of energy (steam, electricity, whatever). [2] You can use {SuS} if you're playing a {mu'vIb}, and {'uq} is if there's no instrument/implement involved (except maybe your fingers). [3] The verb to activate a wall-mounted device is {chu'} (not {SuS}). The full message, include my questions, can be found here: <a href="https://qephom.de/e/message_from_maltz_231215_whistles.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://qephom.de/e/message_from_maltz_231215_whistles.html</a>" <br>
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(qepHom 2023 p.48): A whistling sound produced by using one's mouth and lips (and perhaps fingers, but no device) is termed {la'qab}. Though a bit redundant, it's fine to say {la'qab vI'uq} ("I whistle a whistle").<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>In reverse, this is {martIy} "Marty". Can anyone think of any pop cultural (especially film) references to a Marty having to do with whistling? (The obvious Marty is Marty McFly, especially because of the Christopher Lloyd connection, but I can't think of any whistling references in any of the Back to the Futures.)</div><div> </div></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">De'vID</div></div>