[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: qogh

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: qogh
Part of speech: noun
Definition: belt; ear (external, cartilaginous flap)
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1) ear (external, cartilaginous flap) (n)

(HQ 2.4):  Actually, there are two words for ear: {qogh} refers to the flap of skin or cartilage or whatever it is that sticks out on either side of the head ... {qogh} "ear", of course is homophonous with {qogh}, "belt:.  When used in context, there is seldom confusion; less so when the plural is used ({qoghDu'} can only be ears while {qoghmey} generally means belts).

(KGT 88):  {qogh} (ear - the external part, if there is one; the actual organ of hearing, the {teS}, is usually considered too small to bother with)" i.e. serving as food. 

(HQ 12.4:9):  Ears (at least healthy ones) produce no byproducts other than earwax ({Serrum}), which is said to somehow just {vI'} accumulate in the ear.

Klingon women wear  ear rings:  Dr Lenara Kahn gave a pair of large, grey metal Klingon ear rings to Jadzia Dax. She said they were a gift from a Klingon scientist (in lieu of a bat'leth, which she didn't fancy). (DS9 "Rejoined")

SEE ALSO:
cheS 			rabbit-like animal with long ears (n)
Qoy 			hear (v)
'Ij 			listen (v)

2) belt (n)

(KGT 58):  A skin belt ({qogh}) both held pants ({yopwaH}) in place and provided a place from which to hang weapons or weapon holders.

(KGT 56):  The disruptor pistol, when not in use, may be carried in a holster, or {vaH}, worn on the side of the body and attached to the belt.

(KGT 63):  When not in use, knives are carried in sheathes worn on the side of the body, connected to the belt. The word for this sheath is {vaH}, the same as the word for holster but surely representing an older meaning of the term.

(HQ 2.4):  {qogh} "ear", of course is homophonous with qogh, belt. ... This homophony explains why the Klingon slang expression {qogh tuQmoHHa'}, literally "take off one's belt" is used to mean to not hear, for example, {qogh vItuQmoHHa'pu'} "I've taken off my belt; your secret is safe with me." 

qo'rIn DIr qogh 		leather belt (n) (qep'a' 2019)

SEE ALSO:
'alnIl 			(belt) buckle (n)

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons