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Re: Klingon WOTD: nenchoH (verb)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: nenchoH (verb)
• Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 09:15:04 -0500
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>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Friday, June 16, 2006.
>
>Klingon word:   nenchoH
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition:     mature, grow up

Never used in canon.

Cf. {nen} "be mature, be grown-up, be adult" (KGT):

   wa' jaj 'etlh 'uchchoHlaH tlhIngan puqloD; jajvetlh loD nen moj
   The son of a Klingon is a man the day he can first hold a blade. TKW

The homophonous noun {nen} "growth, maturation" (KGT) appears in {nenghep} 
Age of Ascension and {nentay} Rite of Ascension (coming of age ceremony).

Cultural notes:

The {jInaq} is an amulet symbolizing a girl's coming of age (seen in TNG 
"Birthright Part II").

The {lopno'} is an "open house" celebration held on the eve of a young 
Klingon's {nentay}, hosted by his or her father (KCD).



--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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