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Re: Klingon WOTD: Hov (noun)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: Hov (noun)
• Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:52:10 -0500
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>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Friday, October 26, 2007.
>
>Klingon word:   Hov
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition:     star

Used in canon:

   Hov ghajbe'bogh ram rur pegh ghajbe'bogh jaj
   A day without secrets is like a night without stars.

   jIjatlhpa' jatlh Hovmey
   The stars will talk before I will. PK

   Dejpu'bogh Hov rur qablIj
   Your face looks like a collapsed star! PK

   Hovmey Davan
   You salute the stars. TKW

Discussed by Okrand:

   {Hov} refers to the same celestial object as "star"  [KGT 204]

Related nouns:

{Hovtay'} star system;  {puyjaq} nova;  {luSpet} black hole

Cf. also {Hov leng} Star Trek;  {HovpoH} stardate.




--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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