[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ghIgh

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: ghIgh
Part of speech: noun
Definition: necklace
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(KGT 150):  […] the old practice of identifying one's position within a military unit—for example, one's assignment on a ship—by means of a symbol hung on a chain worn around the neck.

 (KGT 205):  For instance, the {jInaq}, an amulet given to a Klingon girl to symbolize her coming of age, may be pronounced correctly or else "Federationized" to sound something like "gin knack," but there is no word *jinak* or the like in Federation Standard.  [Necklace seen in TNG "Birthright II".]

TREK TRIVIA:
(ST Encycl. 269):  The leader of Troyius gave Elaan, the Dohlman of Elas, a necklace of radans as a wedding present in 2268.  Chemically, radans were raw dilithium crystals, and made Troyius a planet of great strategic significance.  Elaan's necklace served as a source of emergency crystals for the Starship Enterprise when that ship was under attack by a Klingon vessel that ironically sought to guarantee a supply of radans from Troyius. (TOS "Elaan of Troyius")

SEE ALSO:
naghboch  	gemstone (n)
Degh  		medal, emblem, symbol, insignia (n)
mIr 		chain (n)
Hugh 		throat (n)
mong 		neck (n)
'achler 		nape, back of neck (n)
HuS  		hang (v)

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Ca'Non Master of the Klingons