Klingon Word of the Day: Hovje'voH (noun)
Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, December 05, 2025 Klingon word: Hovje'voH Part of speech: noun Definition: evolution (Darwinian) Source: qepHom 2020 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh@kli.org).
Klingon word: Hovje'voH Part of speech: noun Definition: evolution (Darwinian) Source: qepHom 2020 _______________________________________________ Not used in a sentence. (qepHom 2020 tag): technical or scientific term Clearly there's a pun, but I don't see it. It's almost the same backwards - /Hov 'ej voH/ - a kind of palindrome. AFAIK {voH} as a separate word doesn't exist, but {je} and {'ej} mean "and" (for nouns and sentences respectively). SEE ALSO: choH change, reaction (n) Daw' revolution, revolt (n) -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
Am 05.12.2025 um 16:36 schrieb Steven Boozer via tlhIngan-Hol:
Klingon word: Hovje'voH Part of speech: noun Definition: evolution (Darwinian) Source: qepHom 2020 _______________________________________________
Not used in a sentence.
(qepHom 2020 tag): technical or scientific term
Clearly there's a pun, but I don't see it. It's almost the same backwards - /Hov 'ej voH/ - a kind of palindrome. AFAIK {voH} as a separate word doesn't exist, but {je} and {'ej} mean "and" (for nouns and sentences respectively).
This is a double pun, a pun inside a pun. (Punception?) Read backwards, {Hovje'voH} indeed is {Hov} + {'ejvoH}, literally "star" + "stripe" -- in Klingon. The word {'ejvoH} backwards is {Hov je}, this pun is based on the phrase "stars and stripes". The link to "evolution" is the title of the TNG episode "Evolution", in which the com speakers of the Enterprise play the music "Stars and Stripes Forever". -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" https://tlhInganHol.com https://klingon.wiki/En/Puns
It's so simple when you explain it! <g> I don't remember the music from "Evolution" -- it's one of my least favorite TNG episodes. Thanks. Voragh ----------------------------------------Original Message---------------------------------------- From: Lieven L. Litaer via tlhIngan-Hol Sent: Saturday, December 6, 2025 10:52 AM Am 05.12.2025 um 16:36 schrieb Steven Boozer via tlhIngan-Hol:
Klingon word: Hovje'voH Part of speech: noun Definition: evolution (Darwinian) Source: qepHom 2020 _______________________________________________
Clearly there's a pun, but I don't see it. It's almost the same backwards - /Hov 'ej voH/ - a kind of palindrome. AFAIK {voH} as a separate word doesn't exist, but {je} and {'ej} mean "and" (for nouns and sentences respectively).
This is a double pun, a pun inside a pun. (Punception?) Read backwards, {Hovje'voH} indeed is {Hov} + {'ejvoH}, literally "star" + "stripe" -- in Klingon. The word {'ejvoH} backwards is {Hov je}, this pun is based on the phrase "stars and stripes". The link to "evolution" is the title of the TNG episode "Evolution", in which the com speakers of the Enterprise play the music "Stars and Stripes Forever".
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