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Re: Klingon WOTD: nenghep (n)

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: nenghep (n)
• Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 13:31:16 -0600
• In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Wednesday, December 4, 2002.
>
>Klingon word:   nenghep
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition:     Age of Ascension
>
>Additional Notes:
>TKD Addendum, TKW p. 205.
>
>The fifteenth year of a Klingon's life ("Icarus Factor" [TNG]).

   "Most older children drop the {-oy} around the time of their Age
    of Ascension, though some continue to use it even after that,
    especially when addressing the parent of the opposite sex."
    (KGT 198)

{nenghep} in canon:

   qaSDI' nenghep, qa' patlh chu' chav tlhIngan SuvwI'
   The Age of Ascension marks a new level of spiritual attainment
   by a Klingon warrior. S9

   'oy'naQ Dalo'be'chugh not nenghep lop puq
   If you don't use the painstik, the child will never celebrate
   his Age of Ascension. TKW



-- 
Voragh                            "All the meaning is in the context."
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons           (Ilya Kabakov, Russian artist)

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