[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ghIt (noun)

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: ghIt
Part of speech: noun
Definition: open, flat hand
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(KGT 63):   These words, {DeS} and {ghIt}, when referring to humanoid anatomy, mean arm and open, flat hand (as opposed to a fist)...

(qep'a' 2018):  But there's also an idiomatic expression: {ro' mojchugh ghIt} "if the flat hand becomes a fist".  Used in a similar fashion to the English "on the other hand".

SEE:
ghIt 		 ax head, ax blade (n)
  -  yuDHa'; ghIt rur  
      honest as an ax head ( KGT)
  -  "The general term for ax is {'obmaQ}. Its handle is its {DeS} and its blade is its {ghIt}. These words, {DeS} and {ghIt}, when referring to humanoid anatomy, mean arm and open, flat hand (as opposed to a fist), respectively, suggesting that at one time the ax was considered an extension of the warrior himself." (KGT 63)

ghIt  		flow (e.g. water),  gush,  spout (v)

SEE ALSO:
toch 		palm (of hand) (n)
ro'		fist (n)

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