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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ghoj
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Apr 29 10:50:59 2013
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:50:24 +0000
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Voragh:
>> Related words:
>> ghojmoH ghItlhwI' pencil (n)
Quvar:
> ghojmeHqu' ghItlhwI'vam lo'lu', 'ach ghojmoHlaHbe' 'oH.
> (SKI: it's -meH, not -moH; I just checked.)
Thanks. That makes more sense, and it's another official "purpose noun".
More on pencils:
st.klingon L(7/09/1998): The verb usually translated "write", {ghItlh}, refers to the physical activity of writing (moving the pencil around, chiseling, etc.)
HQ 12.2:y: ... the sharp end of a spear is the {Qin} ... When shown a pencil, Maltz said that the sharp end could be called a {Qin}, but if the pencil were new and did not yet have a point, the ready-to-be-sharpened end would be a {megh'an} or {'er'In}.
Cf. also {ghItlhwI'} "stylus", extended to "pen" in TNK.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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