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

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: HghHghHgh
Part of speech: noun
Definition: onomatopoetic exclamation for laughing
Source: qep'a' 29 [2022]
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(qep'a' 2022 [< Toki Pona]):  {HghHghHgh} is sometimes used, as is {HghHgh}. These are onomatopoetic exclamations. There's some standardization, but also lots of variation and creativity.

SEE:
Hagh  		laugh (v)

ghghgh  	uh,  umm (excl., pause vocalization) 
  - (qep'a' 2019 in re {Hu'ma}):  Sometimes {Hu'mI}  and sometimes shortened to {Hu}. Another pause vocalization is just a low-toned {ghghgh}.

ghughugh  	growl [animal noise] (v) 
  - jatlh; ghughughwI' rur 
    speak with vocal fry ("Sometimes {ghughugh} alone suffices") (qep'a' 2020)

SEE ALSO:
maj 		Good! (excl.)
nuqjatlh 	What did you say? Huh? (excl.)
toH 		So! Well! Huh? What? (excl.)
va 		[Phew! Pha! Alas!] (excl.)

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons