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Re: Klingon WOTD: HoSghaj (v)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])

From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: HoSghaj (v)
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 10:11:57 -0500
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>> > This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Tuesday, September 9, 2003.
>> >
>> > Klingon word:   HoSghaj
>> > Part of Speech: verb
>> > Definition:     be powerful

Voragh:
>Note the common simile:
>
>   HoSghaj; mupwI' rur
>   powerful as a hammer KGT

Why a hammer?  Because

   for a Klingon, a hammer is a symbol of power. The phrase {HoSghaj;
   mupwI' rur} ("powerful as a hammer") is based on this notion.
   [KGT 129]

This is discussed briefly in TKW re the proverb:

   mupwI' yI'uchtaH
   Keep holding the hammer! [TKW 120]



-- 
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

References:
- Re: Klingon WOTD: HoSghaj (v)
  - From: Tyler Fisher <[email protected]>
- Klingon WOTD: HoSghaj (v)
  - From: [email protected]
- Re: Klingon WOTD: HoSghaj (v)
  - From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>

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