Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, August 22, 2016

Klingon word: ghot Part of speech: noun Definition: person (humanoid)

ghotpu' tamey Personnel Files STC reH tay' ghot tuqDaj je One is always of his tribe. ("A person and his house are always together"). TKW ghotvam Ho'lu'. 'ej muSlu' A man to admire... and hate. (ST5 notes) wey jolpat: wa' (jav ghotpu') Personnel Transporter - 1 (6 Man) KBoP vaj ruS cher 'Iw rap cha' ghot HoS rap cha' ghot vuD chen yIn ruS So the bond was sealed in blood of two equal in body and thought, the bond of life. PB Note the synonym {nuv} "person (humanoid)": butlh ghajbogh nuv'e' yIHo' Admire the person with dirt under his fingernails. TKW ngIq nuv luHoH they killed the warriors one by one. ('U'-OPERA) ngIq tonSaw' lo' SaD law' San chenmoH qeylIS wej boghbogh nuvpu' San chenmoH In one single move, Kahless decided the fate Of thousands, and those to come. PB tlheDDI' quvmoHmeH veng HeHDaq lutlha' SaD law' nuvpu' Thousands followed him to the edge of the city, to bid him farewell. PB jatlh 'e' mevDI' nuvpu' mejmoH ghaH ratlh be'nalDaj luqara' neH. After his last words, all were sent away, but his wife Lukara. PB nuv 'umHa' leghchugh veqlargh ngoS nuv 'umHa' Those unfit disintegrate at the glance of Fek'lhr PB quv vuv nuv pagh ghajbogh neH Honor is for those with nothing to lose! PB Other than the fact that Okrand prefers {nuv} in the {paq'batlh} & {'u'} libretto} - 6 known examples to 1 - the difference from {ghot} is unclear (at least to me). SEE ALSO: HoSDo' energy beings (n) yoq humanoid (n) Dep being [nonhumanoid] (n) chuD people, kin, member of the same group or tribe or clan (n) -- Voragh tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a' Ca'Non Master of the Klingons