[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ghogh'ot

SuStel sustel at trimboli.name
Fri May 12 09:29:21 PDT 2017


On 5/12/2017 11:24 AM, kechpaja wrote:
> Okay, I really want this to be a pun on "invoice", given that it starts
> with {ghogh}, but I'm not sure that works. The only meaning I can find
> for {'ot} is "the sound of the letter <o>" (which could be a pun on
> "owe", but then why {ghogh}?).
>
>   - SapIr
>
> On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 03:00:02PM +0000, qurgh at wizage.net wrote:
>> Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, May 12, 2017
>>
>> Klingon word: ghogh'ot
>> Part of speech: noun
>> Definition: bill, payment request, something you must pay
>> Source: qepHom 2015 p.18
>>
>>
>> This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh at kli.org).


I'm thinking it's *ghogh* = /voice/ and then *'ot* sounds like /out./ 
The /out/ is on the end, opposite the /in/ at the beginning of /invoice. 
/(Dare I say... it's an /inverse/?)

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SuStel
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