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RE: Klingon WOTD: ghawran (n)



This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Thursday, March 20, 2003.
>>
>>Klingon word:   ghawran
>>Part of Speech: noun
>>Definition:     Gowron
>>
>>Additional Notes:
>>A proper name.

Voragh:
> As used in canon:
> 
> . . . 
> 
> wo' DevtaHjaj ghawran
> May Gowron continue to lead the empire. KGT
> 
> wo' ghawran DevtaHjaj!
> May Gowron continue to lead the Empire! (toast) KGT

Note that these two examples both violate the prohibition on type seven
suffixes on a verb with the <-jaj> suffix.

> DaH che' ghawran. yejquv DevwI' moj ghawran 'e' wuqta' 
> cho' 'oDwI' Dapu'bogh janluq pIqarD HoD.
>
> Gowron currently presides, named leader of the High 
> Council by Captain Jean-Luc Picard, who was acting as 
> Arbiter of Succession. S25

And this one violates the prohibition on type seven suffixes in sentence as
object constructions.

qatlh ghawran'e' ja'chuqlu'DI' pIj pabHa'lu'?

pagh


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