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Re: Klingon WOTD: ghoj (verb)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Thu Feb 14 11:41:21 2008
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:33:08 -0600
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From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
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>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Thursday, February 14, 2008.
>
>Klingon word: ghoj
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: learn
Used in canon:
qa'vam yuQ Quv DaghojmeH Duyma'vaD yIjatlh.
[To learn the Genesis Planet's coordinates, speak to our agent.]
(untranslated on ST3 DVD case)
Related verbs:
{ghojmoH} "teach, instruct"
batlh qaghojmoHpu'
It has been an honor to instruct you. CK
batlh qaghojmoH
It has been an honor to instruct you. PK
{HaD} "study" and {Qul} "research"
Related nouns:
{ghojmeH taj} "boy's knife" (lit. "knife for learning"). Cf. KCD.
{ghojmoq} *ghojmok* ("nurse, nanny, governess"). Kahlest was young Worf's
*ghojmok* on Khitomer. (TNG "Sins of the Father")
{ghojwI'} "student"
ghojwI'pu'lI' tISaH
Care about your students. TKW
*{ghojmoHwI'} "teacher", "mentor" (vetted by Okrand in Keith R.A.
DeCandido's novel "Diplomatic Implausibility"?)
Cf. also {paQDI'norgh} "teachings" and {Qul} "research".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
