[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: nguH
Will Martin
lojmitti7wi7nuv at gmail.com
Tue Apr 26 18:23:50 PDT 2022
I wonder if there’s a link between testifying and “Hung”, as in a jury or perhaps a person subject to one.
pItlh
charghwI’ ‘utlh
(ghaH, ghaH, -Daj)
> On Apr 26, 2022, at 10:46 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:
>
> Klingon word: nguH
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: testify
> Source: qepHom 2018
> _______________________________________________
>
> AFAIK never used in a sentence.
>
> SEE:
> nguHwI' witness (n)
> - (qepHom 2018): one who testifies in court
> jantor witness, eyewitness (n)
> - (qepHom 2018): one who has actually seen or been part of an event
>
> SEE ALSO:
> nompuq evidence (n)
> bo'DIj court (of law) (n)
> meqba' *mek'ba* (type of legal proceeding) (n)
> - i.e. that portion of a Klingon trial or appeal in which evidence is heard during
> which all evidence must be heard in open council [cf. TNG "Sins of the Father"]
> mIwba’ trial (n)
> - (Klingon Alice): the process of what happens at court
>
> legh see (v)
> bej watch (v)
> ghan glance, take a quick look at (v)
> nej look for, seek, search for (v)
> nuD examine, look at, inspect (v)
>
> --
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