Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, October 07, 2019 Klingon word: mupwI'Hom Part of speech: noun Definition: mallet (for striking a musical instrument) _______________________________________________ (KGT 74-75): The general term for a percussion instrument of any kind is {'In}. […] Other members of this group of instruments are hit with a stick of some kind. The stick often resembles a small hammer; when it does, it is termed {mupwI'Hom} (literally, small striker). A plain stick is a {naQHom} (literally, small cane or small staff). To strike the instrument with a stick is to {moq} (beat) the instrument. The {'In} itself may be made entirely of metal (in which case it might be described as a bell, though in Klingon it is simply termed {baS 'In}, or metal {'In}) or entirely of wood ({Sor Hap 'In}, wood {'In}). One kind of {Sor Hap 'In} is a tube, open on both ends, with a longitudinal slit extending not quite to either end. It is hit with a {mupwI'Hom}. SEE: mup impact, strike (v) - pay' HIvDI' lo'wI' pagh mupDI' QIHchu' bIH [They] provide a damaging surprise attack or give a devastating backhand stroke. SP2 - muptaHvIS tay''eghmoH QeHDaj Hoch All his rage focused in one blow PB - pe'vIl mupmeH betleH Qach The Mighty Blow of the Bat'leth (PB; title) - wa'logh mup betleH 'ej 'uSDu' teqta' [bat’leths] Ripped open armor, And cut off legs in a single stroke. (PB) - jIyoHqu' / jInaS jImupDI' / jImeq jInab Fearless, I will be, / Ruthless, I will strike / Rational and planned (PB) mupwI' hammer (n) - mupwI' yI'uchtaH Keep holding the hammer! TKW - HoSghaj; mupwI' rur powerful as a hammer KGT SEE ALSO: qIp hit (with hand, fist, implement) (v) moq beat [with implement] (v) tlhaw' hit [percussion instrument] with fist (v) weq hit [percussion instrument] with palm (v) chuHchu' hit with a thrown spear (v) -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons