tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jan 21 07:29:08 2005
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Re: Klingon WOTD: gham (noun)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Friday, January 21, 2005.
>
>Category: Body Parts
>
>Klingon word: gham
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: limb (of an animal)
>
>Additional Notes:
>KGT p.42: The archaic words tend to come up in conversations about food.=
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>For example, the usual word for the leg of an animal, when prepared as=20
>food, is {gham} ("limb"), the same word used for the leg of the living=20
>animal. A leg served as food at a banquet in an upper-class household,=20
>however, is likely to be called a {HajDob}, an old word for "limb."
More from KGT p.42:
In another context, such as a meal with warriors in a ship's
{SopwI'pa'} (mess hall), only the term {gham} will be heard.
... Among the lower classes =AD except for those working as
servants for the higher classes=ADwords like {HajDob} ... are
known but seldom used...
>KGT p. 88, as food.
Also WRT {ghamDu'} "limbs":
Food-preparation knives, of which there are many types, come
in different sizes and shapes for different cutting tasks...
For finer work (such as making the slits in limbs needed to
extract veins [i.e. {'aDDu'}]), a small {SIjwI'} (literally,
"slitter") is commonly employed." (KGT 97)
In the Mekro'vak region, for example, a common courtship ritual
requires the male to use the leg of a *lingta* to forcefully
({pe'vIl}) sweep away ({bI'chu'}) whatever is on the dinner table
before declaring his feelings to the female. (KGT 112)
Note the pun: "gam"!
For the limbs of people, use {DeS} "arm" and {'uS} "leg".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons