[84380] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Klingon WOTD: ghojmoq (noun)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Thu Apr 10 12:43:33 2008
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:56:18 -0500
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From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
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>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Thursday, April 10, 2008.
>
>Klingon word: ghojmoq
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: nurse, nanny, governess
Never used in canon.
Kahlest was young Worf's *ghojmok* on Khitomer. (TNG "Sins of the Father")
Related nouns:
For a medical nurse use {rachwI'} "invigorator, fortifier, strengthener"
(st.k 10/98).
Is *{ghIntaq} *gin'tak* the male equivalent? A *gin'tak* is an advisor so
trusted he has been made part of the family; he wears a special ring,
bearing the crest of the House he has pledged his life to defend. Worf
said, "K'mtar is *gin'tak* to the House of Mogh" (TNG "First Born"). The
elderly Tumek was probably *gin'tak* to the House of Kozak (DS9 "House of
Quark"). Note the metaphorical derivation from {ghIntaq} "battle spear"
(in English we might call such a close, trusted advisor "my right hand").
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
