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Re: Klingon WOTD: gho' (v)

James Fox-Davis ([email protected])

• From: James Fox-Davis <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: gho' (v)
• Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 08:49:17 -0800
• In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
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Okay, maybe I'm just in a weird word-association mood, but if {gho'Do} 
is "sublight speed" would {Gho} come from "Step on it!" meaning to 
accelerate (note:  this is a joke)

qu'qul

On Feb 18, 2004, at 8:07 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:

>
>> This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Wednesday, February 18, 2004.
>>
>> Klingon word:   gho'
>> Part of Speech: verb
>> Definition:     step on
>
> AS used in canon:
>
>   ghew vIgho'
>   I step on the bug. KGT
>
> N.B. {-Daq} is not used.  The sense of "on (something)" is included in 
> the meaning of the verb.
>
> Cf. also {lIt} "get on(to)" and {yIt} "walk".
>
>
>
> -- 
> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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