[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'ogh (verb)

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, August 09, 2025

Klingon word: 'ogh
Part of speech: verb
Definition: invent, devise
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lu'oghta' nIylo roDIS bIl jo'rIj je 
Designed by: Nilo Rodis & Bill George.  (KBoP)

'o 'oghlu'meH qul 
"O for a Muse of fire [that would ascend 
  The brightest heaven of invention]" (KCD; prologue to Henry V)

(MO to architect Lieven Litaer, 10/24/2011):  [Maltz] did say, though, that there is a verb {ren} that means design or map out or plan.  He said that {renwI'} (which I guess in its most general sense means designer) is a perfectly good term for architect, but it can also be used for someone who designs a vehicle, say.  That is, it's not restricted to buildings.  He said it would not be used for architect in the sense of someone being the architect of a plan to do something; it has to be used of a person who designs a physical object of some sort.  {ren} is not the same as {'ogh} "invent", which implies creating something that hasn't been created before.  And it's not the same as {nab} "plan" which is used for planning an event (or a battle strategy or whatever), just as the noun {nab} "plan" cannot be used to refer to blueprints.

(KGT 21):  For example, {chab chu'} (literally, "new pie") is another way to say new invention or latest innovation.

SEE ALSO:
rIq 		pioneer, break through, innovate (v)
chenmoH 	build, form, make, create (v)
cher 		establish, set up (v)
mutlh 		construct, assemble, put together (v)

chab 		invention, innovation [slang] (n)
ghantoH 	model, example, pattern (n)
pu'jIn  		map,  blueprint,  plan (n)

renwI'  		designer,  architect (n)
qurbuSwI'  	architect [Morskan dialect] (n)

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