Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, January 16, 2019 Klingon word: ghang Part of speech: verb Definition: end prematurely (an event, voyage, battle, play, opera, story, song, etc.) Source: HQ:v12n2p8 _______________________________________________ DIvI' rojmab qep ghanglu' 'e' nIDlu', 'ach taH qep. Despite efforts to halt them, peace talks with Federation continue. MKE (HQ 12.2:8): Another verb, {ghang}, is used to express the idea of a premature ending. If, using the same examples, the voyage is cut short or the song is interrupted before the final part is sung, one would say: {leng [lu]ghangDI' SuvwI'pu' 'IQ chaH} "When the warriors end the voyage prematurely, they are sad." [sic! {lu-} omitted] {bom [lu]ghangDI' SuvwI'pu' tlhutlh chaH} "When the warriors end the song prematurely, they drink." [sic! {lu-} omitted] Note that the voyage and the song cannot end themselves. Someone has to end them. ... There is a difference between the end of the performance of a song or opera or play, indicated by making use of the verbs {van} and {ghang}, and the ending, or final portion, of a song or opera or play itself. For an opera, play, story, speech, and so on, the final portion is its {bertlham}. PUN: "The Gong Show" (Chuck Barris' U.S. TV show). Many of those acts were ended prematurely when one of the judges struck a gong. SEE ALSO: Dor end (v) qIl cancel (v) van end [an event] (v) ta' accomplish, do (v) N.B. {ghangwI'} "horizon" (n) seems not to be related to {ghang} despite what appears to be the V9 nomen agentis suffix {-wI'}. Could this be evidence of an unknown or obsolete homophonous verb? Can anyone think of another example containing *{wI'} meaning something other than "one who is/does, thing which is/does" or "my (capable of using language)"? -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons