tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Oct 12 12:14:31 1997
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Re: humanoids
|I know this subject was broached before but I have forgotten the answer.
|What is the difference between ghot and nuv? Is there one?
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|Kontay
They seem to be synonyms. Here's their use in canon (not including KGT,
which I haven't had time to go through page by page and add to my AKD):
ghot "person (humanoid)":
ghotpu' tamey
Personnel Files (ST:Communicator #104)
reH tay' ghot tuqDaj je.
One is always of his tribe. (TKW)
(lit. "A person and his house are always together.")
nuv "person (humanoid)":
butlh ghajbogh nuv'e' yIHo'.
Admire the person with dirt under his fingernails. (TKW)
And while we're on the topic, here are some related words:
yoq "humanoid":
yoq yIn yuQ 'oH Qo'noS'e'
Qo'noS is a class-M planet (S27)
Dep "being (nonhumanoid)":
Not attested.
HoSDo' "energy beings" (pl. only?)
Not attested.
Dol "entity":
Some people use this in the sense of "lifeform." TKW however shows this
is more like a "unity" or "a whole":
wa' Dol nIvDaq matay'DI' maQap.
We succeed together in a greater whole.
Voragh