Klingon Word of the Day: Su'nIm
Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, December 02, 2020 Klingon word: Su'nIm Part of speech: noun Definition: raised profile, ridges, pattern (as in fingerprints, tires, shoe tread) Source: qepHom 2015 p.20 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh@kli.org).
Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, December 02, 2020 Klingon word: Su'nIm Part of speech: noun Definition: raised profile, ridges, pattern (as in fingerprints, tires, shoe tread) Source: qepHom 2015 p.20 _______________________________________________ To describe foreheads, use {vIl} "be ridgy" vs. {Hab} "be smooth". A single forehead ridge is a {vIlHom}. SEE ALSO: vem print, mark, tracks, image, pattern (n) - "left in the dirt from stepping on it" [qepHom 2015 p.20] Degh medal, emblem, symbol, insignia, marking, mark (n) Damu' crease (n) wer be creased, wrinkled (v) -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
It’s interesting that all these patterns (shoe tread, tire tread, fingerprints) could as easily be interpreted as surface textures created by removing material as much as adding it. Removing, as in “minus”, or mIn’uS | Su’nIm… charghwI’ vaghnerya’ngan rInpa’ bomnIS be’’a’ pI’.
On Dec 2, 2020, at 10:08 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, December 02, 2020
Klingon word: Su'nIm Part of speech: noun Definition: raised profile, ridges, pattern (as in fingerprints, tires, shoe tread) Source: qepHom 2015 p.20 _______________________________________________
To describe foreheads, use {vIl} "be ridgy" vs. {Hab} "be smooth". A single forehead ridge is a {vIlHom}.
SEE ALSO: vem print, mark, tracks, image, pattern (n) - "left in the dirt from stepping on it" [qepHom 2015 p.20]
Degh medal, emblem, symbol, insignia, marking, mark (n) Damu' crease (n) wer be creased, wrinkled (v)
-- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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On Wed, 2 Dec 2020 at 20:45, Will Martin <willmartin2@mac.com> wrote:
It’s interesting that all these patterns (shoe tread, tire tread, fingerprints) could as easily be interpreted as surface textures created by removing material as much as adding it. Removing, as in “minus”, or mIn’uS | Su’nIm…
Klingon has a pair of words referring to the mark left behind by touch ({vem}) and the object leaving the mark (the "marker", if you will; {Su'nIm}). At the same time as {Su'nIm} was revealed, we also got another word, {yang}, the image left by a the surface of a rubber stamp ({toqwIn Su'nIm}). The Chinese word for a rubber stamp is 印 (yìn), and in Taoism 陰陽 (yīn yáng) refers to the negative and positive concepts in dualism, with "yin" referring to the negative. (Of course, yìn and yīn have different tones, but that doesn't matter for the purpose of the pun.) I think the idea is that the object leaving a mark and the mark itself are "negative" images of each other. For example, where a tire tread pattern is raised, the mark left behind (in the mud) will be indented, and vice versa. Where a rubber stamp has been carved out, it leaves no ink, whereas the parts which have not been carved leave an image. And so on. -- De'vID
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