tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Mar 20 07:39:57 2014
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ghew
> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, March 20, 2014
>
> Klingon word: ghew
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: bug, cootie
ghewmey SuqQo'
Don't catch any bugs! ST6
(i.e. smuggler's code for "Good luck in avoiding border officials!")
lIchopbe'chugh ghewmey
If the bugs do not bite you! PK
ghewmey tISuqQo'
Don't catch any bugs. TKW
[TKW 207: The Klingon guard at listening post Morska found this advice funny. Klingon humor is difficult to understand, so there is no ready explanation as to why he was so amused."
DaH ghew yIQuj
Cricket, please. RTb
ghew vIHo'
I admire the bug. KGT
ghew vIgho'
I step on the bug. KGT
ghIlab ghewmey tIbuSQo'
Pay no heed to glob flies. TKW
bIQongtaHvIS nItlhejchugh targhmey bIvemDI' nItlhej ghIlab ghewmey
If you sleep with targs, you'll wake up with glob flies. TKW
ram; ghIlab ghew rur
trivial as a glob fly. KGT
TKW 171-7: A glob fly is a tiny Klingon insect that makes a loud buzzing sound, but has no stinger. [...] The tiny Klingon glob flies typically swarm about targs, undoubtedly making them that much more appealing... The result is waking up with, perhaps being taken over by, glob flies, or insignificant thoughts.
KGT 87: Like {qagh}, other small animals are eaten whole, in great quantity (by the handful if possible), and, ideally, alive. Among these are various bugs (collectively, {ghew}).
HQ 10.4: The {cha'naS} is "a small bird which digs up bugs to eat"
KGT 76: Each string is a {SIrgh}, a word also used for any thread or filament. A {SIrgh} of the finest quality is made from a material secreted by insects, similar to the silk produced by silkworms.
Similar words:
ghIlab ghew glob fly (n)
vetlh cockroach (n)
vIng whine (v) (use for "buzz"?)
'aw' sting (v)
*{De'wI' ghew} has been used on this List for a "computer virus".
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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