ngIq

each, singular one, individual one

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

ŋɪqʰ

Sound out ngIq letter by letter:

• ngŋng as in 'sing' (can start a word)
• Iɪi as in 'bit'
• qqʰk far back in the throat, aspirated

• ngIq raQ – 150 QaS outposts cost 150 each / ngIq raQvaD cha'maH vagh QaS yInob. For each outpost pay 25 forces. / ngIq gholvo' wa'maH QaS yItlhap. Collect 10 forces from every player. [2012-03-02-Email]

There were two distinct examples of this word's use seen in the opera [{'u'}]. One of them was obviously detailing how a group of warriors was killed one at a time: ngIq nuv luHoH they killed the warriors one by one. The other was a thrice-repeated ngIq tonSaw' lo' 'ej... in one single move, he..., making it clear that each of several results was the result of the same action. I surmise that ngIq by itself could mean the one and only. Again, I didn't copy the lyrics, and what I have written here is probably not exactly what was on the pages we inspected. /Alan Anderson (talking about the Klingon opera 'u')

2011-qep'a' (2011-08-22-Email) · MKE (2012-01-01-Email; 2012-03-02-Email)

Originally sourced from klingonska.org and enhanced by lingoXpress.