[98014] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ghIH
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Tue Feb 11 10:19:16 2014
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 15:19:05 +0000
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, February 11, 2014
>
> Klingon word: ghIH
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: be messy, sloppy
Mentioned in CK in the section on expressing opinions of local Klingon sites.
KGT 138: the characteristic patterns of younger people's speech, if noticed and commented upon, are more likely to be judged sloppy or careless rather than wrong.
KGT 30: while the verb {ghIH} means "be messy, sloppy" in {ta' Hol} and in most dialects, in the towns near Ruk'evet ({ruq'e'vet}), {ghIH} means "be careless". The more widespread word for be careless is {yepHa'}, and this word is used in addition to {ghIH} in the Ruk'evet area. To say "be messy, sloppy", the Ruk'evet inhabitants say {Soy'}, a verb meaning "be clumsy" elsewhere. The Ruk'evet word for be clumsy is {jat}, which is phonetically identical to the noun meaning "tongue".
ghIH
They're sloppy. CK
bIghIH
You are sloppy. KLS
Ha'DIbaH ghIH tIr ngogh je
burger [i.e. hamburger] TNK
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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