[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ghuH

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, February 05, 2022

Klingon word: 	ghuH
Part of speech: 	noun
Definition: 	alert
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(De'vID < MO, 2/17/2018):  A lesson (like in a textbook - Lesson 1, Lesson 2, etc.) is {ghojmeH mIw}.  (This is not lesson as in Let this be a lesson to you!” That’s {ghuH}. 

TREK TRIVIA:
  “Battle stations! Alert Status One!" [and] “Stand down from Alert Status!” (Martok on the Rotarran, DS9 “Sons and Daughters”)

SEE:
ghuH  		prepare for, be alerted to (v)
  - may' yIghuH 
      Battle Alert! ST3 
  - tlhIngan quv DatIchDI' Seng yIghuH 
      When you insult a Klingon's honor, prepare for trouble. TKW

ghuHmoH  	alert, warn (v)
  - ropyaH yIghuHmoH 
      [Alert sick bay!] ST6
  - Heghpu'bogh latlhpu' ghuHmoH bey. ghoS tlhIngan SuvwI' maq. 
      This yell ... serves to warn the other dead that a Klingon warrior
       is coming. S31

SEE ALSO:
ghum 		alarm (n)
chach 		emergency (n)
Sotlaw' 		distress call (n)
Dotlh  		status (n)

ghum  		alarm, sound an alarm (v) 
Dugh 		be vigilant (v)
'eH 		be ready (v)

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Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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