[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: Hoghjaj

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, February 08, 2025

Klingon word: Hoghjaj
Part of speech: noun
Definition: anniversary measured in weeks
Source: The Little Prince (TLP)
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(TLP):  Maltz said there is a way (actually, several ways) to refer to an anniversary, which he characterized as a specific day on which one recognizes or remembers an event that occurred a set amount of time ago on that same date. The 'set amount of time' could be a year (what most people think of when they think of anniversary), but it could be another unit of time: a month or a week.
    DISjaj:       anniversary measured in years (the two-week anniversary of the 
                       day someone quit smoking, perhaps)
    jarjaj:        anniversary measured in months (the three-month anniversary of 
                       starting a new job, say)
    Hoghjaj:   anniversary measured in weeks (the two-week anniversary of the 
                       day someone quit smoking, perhaps)
    A one-year anniversary would be {DISjaj wa'} or {DISjaj wa'Dich} (Maltz had no preference). And so on. Maltz says that he's heard expressions like {tupjaj}, which is presumably an anniversary measured in minutes - the 10-minute 'anniversary' of someone not talking, maybe. He said this is a form of wordplay, not a 'real' word, but people do say things like this.

TLP:  Example of use:
   chaq qaSmo' DISjaj...? 
   Because tonight is the anniversary...? 

SEE ALS0:
qoS  		birthday (n)

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons