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Verb

English: sing, chant

German: singen

Japanese: 歌ううたう

Source: KGT (212 KE, 237 EK, 257 EK)

Category: music

KLCP Level: 3

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Notes

Also in "Okrand's Notes" in HolQeD 2:4 p. 17.KGT p. 71. The Klingon word for music is QoQ. This refers to any music,local or instrumental or both together. A song is a bom, and to sing a songis likewise bom. The set of lyrics to a song is termed bom mu' (literally,"song word" or "song words"). The word for "perform music," whetherinstrumental or vocal and instrumental together, is much, which in othercontexts means "present," as an "present a gift" to someone. A musician is amuchwI' (literally, "one who performs music"); a singer is a bomwI' ("onewho sings").

Noun

English: song, chant

German: Lied

Japanese: うた

Source: KGT (212 KE, 237 EK, 257 EK)

Category: music

KLCP Level: 3

See Also:
Notes

Also in "Okrand's Notes" in HolQeD 2:4 p. 17.KGT p. 71. The Klingon word for music is QoQ. This refers to any music,local or instrumental or both together. A song is a bom, and to sing a songis likewise bom. The set of lyrics to a song is termed bom mu' (literally,"song word" or "song words"). The word for "perform music," whetherinstrumental or vocal and instrumental together, is much, which in othercontexts means "present," as an "present a gift" to someone. A musician is amuchwI' (literally, "one who performs music"); a singer is a bomwI' ("onewho sings").

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