tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Oct 31 07:26:56 2005
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Re: Klingon WOTD: ghoj (verb)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Sunday, October 30, 2005.
>
>Klingon word: ghoj
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: learn
Oddly enough, the simple form has only been used once in (what I think is)
canon:
qa'vam yuQ Quv DaghojmeH Duyma'vaD yIjatlh.
[Learn the coordinates of the Genesis Planet (in order) to tell
our agent!] (ST3 DVD case)
The causative form is {ghojmoH} "teach, instruct":
batlh qaghojmoHpu'
It has been an honor to instruct you. CK
batlh qaghojmoH
It has been an honor to instruct you. PK
The derived noun is {ghojwI'} "student":
ghojwI'pu'lI' tISaH
Care about your students. TKW
There's a "purpose noun": {ghojmeH taj} "boy's knife" (lit. "knife for
learning." (A young Klingon has one of these before he earn's his own d'k
tahg in the Second Rite of Ascension, or nentay. KCD)
{ghojmoq} *ghojmok* (nurse, nanny, governess) is probably related as she no
doubt teaches her charges the basics of proper conduct and may even give
them their first lessons in history and letters. (Kahlest was young Worf's
*ghojmok* on Khitomer [TNG "Sins of the Father"]).
Cf. also the verbs {HaD} "study" and {Qul} "research".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons