[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ghaw
Steven Boozer
sboozer at uchicago.edu
Thu Mar 25 08:26:01 PDT 2021
Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, March 21, 2021
Klingon word: ghaw
Part of speech: verb
Definition: excavate, dig (a hole, trench, ditch, etc.)
Source: qepHom 2019
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(qepHom 2019): use {ghaw} when the object is the resulting hole; use {tlhan} when the object is the material being removed
SEE:
tlhan dig [into] (v)
- (qep'a' 2018): the object is dirt or soil or a field or a road, for example, not “hole”
molHa’ dig up (like a bone or a fossil) (v)
SEE ALSO:
pay'rIn excavation, dug-up ruins (n)
roSqa' archaeological artifact (n)
roSqa'QeD archaeology (n)
ghevjur shovel (n)
Daqrab well (n)
‘an’or fossil (n)
Hom bone (n)
yav ground, soil (PB) (n)
lam dirt (n)
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Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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