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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ghol
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (SuStel)
Thu Jul 9 05:49:51 2015
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
From: SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 11:08:53 -0400
In-Reply-To: <ACF6622D959A8842A81E4471BA56A7E04BD82E21@xm-mbx-04-prod.ad.uchicago.edu>
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On 7/8/2015 10:32 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:
>> Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, July 08, 2015
>>
>> Klingon word: ghol
>> Part of speech: noun
>> Definition: opponent, adversary
>
> ghom gholpu'
> The Opponents Meet PB
>
> ngIq gholvo' wa'maH QaS yItlhap
> Collect 10 forces from every player. MKE
>
> ngIq gholvaD vaghmaH QaS yInob
> Pay each player 50 forces. MKE
>
>
> "Admiral Kirk, this is your opponent speaking." (Kruge, ST3)
>
> TKW 201: To be a warrior, one must have an opponent. Accordingly, antagonists or enemies are not deemed undesirable. At the very least, they are considered essential; in the case of truly worthy adversaries, they are admired.
>
> KGT 55: The second distinctly Klingon weapon is the {QIghpej}, a hand-held device that produces excruciating pain when pressed up against an adversary.
>
> KGT 69: To challenge one to a duel to the death, one hits one's adversary with the back of the hand ({chap}).
>
> KGT 202f.: As with {maqoch}, [{chaj}] is used only in addressing a true friend. If uttered by a female adversary, it is insulting; if uttered by a casual acquaintance it is presumptuous.
>
> KGT 59: To slide the blade of one's bat'leth along the blade of the opponent's weapon
>
> SEE ALSO:
> jagh enemy (n)
>
> *'ovwI' [competitor]
>
> *QujwI' [player]
> - QujwI' ghom rav: cha'; 'aqroS: jav
> 2 to 6 players (MKE)
> - polmeH jav QujwI' lIwmey
> 6 collectible tokens (MKE)
>
> 'ov compete (v)
> Quj player (v)
Don't forget
PUN: "goal"
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