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Re: Klingon WOTD: ghuv (n)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: ghuv (n)
• Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 11:16:06 -0500
• In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Monday, August 11, 2003.
>
>Klingon word:   ghuv
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition:     recruit
>
>Additional Notes:
>TKD Addendum

Never used in canon.

This may not be an actual rank; cf. the discussion of {mangHom} "cadet":

   A student may be described as a {mangHom} (cadet), but {mangHom} is
   not an official title. One should not say, for example, {qImlaq
   mangHom} (Cadet K'mlak).  [KGT 53]

If officers {yaS} start their careers as a {mangHom} before becoming an 
ensign {lagh}, it's possible that enlisted men {QaS} start theirs as a 
{ghuv} before becoming a crewman {beq} -- assuming that {ghuv} even refers 
to the military.

The verb is {muvmoH} "recruit" -- "cause to join" (i.e. {muv} "join 
[physically]).

On the List, you may also see *{chu'wI'} used for "novice, newbie, tyro, 
newcomer", etc.



-- 
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons 

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