tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Nov 22 10:19:46 2005
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Re: Klingon WOTD: ghoQ (verb)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Tuesday, November 22, 2005.
>
>Klingon word: ghoQ
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: be fresh, just killed (meat)
The word {ghoQ}, in its most narrow usage, applies to just-killed meat.
[KGT 35]
>KGT p.85. Other than that which is served alive, the best meat is {ghoQ}
>("fresh, just killed").
The word {Qop} ... is also used to mean "be dead", but only in reference
to an animal that one was expecting to eat live. If a bowl of dead {qagh}
(gagh, serpent worms) is placed before a Klingon, the disappointed diner
will probably criticize the cook for preparing {qagh Qop} ("dead gagh").
[KGT 163]
Note the noun phrases:
{Hol ghoQ} "slang" (lit. "fresh language")
{mu'mey ghoQ} "slang" (lit. "fresh words")
>Additional Notes:
>See also {baQ}.
A vegetable or fruit that is {baQ} ("fresh, just picked, just fallen
off the plant"), on the other hand, is not as favored as one that is
{DeH} ("ripe", though "overripe" might be closer to the mark)...
[KGT 85]
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons