tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Feb 05 07:37:57 2015
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ghojmoq
Steven Boozer (sboozer@uchicago.edu)
> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, February 05, 2015
>
> Klingon word: ghojmoq
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: nurse, nanny, governess
AFAIK never used in a sentence.
Kahlest was young Worf's {ghojmoq} on Khitomer. (TNG "Sins of the Father")
Are {ghojmoqpu'} always female?
*gin'tak* (an advisor so trusted he has been made part of the family) or *{ghIntoq} could be the male equivalent. He wears a special ring, bearing the crest of the House he has pledged his life to defend. {ghIntaq} is literally a "battle spear", which could be a metaphor (e.g. my "right hand" in English).
Worf said "K'mtar is {gin'tak} to the House of Mogh". [TNG "Firstborn"]
Though never stated, the elderly Tumek may have been *gin'tak* to the House of Kozak. He continued to work for his widow, Grilka. (DS9 "House of Quark")
SEE ALSO:
rachwI' nurse (n)
qeSwI' advisor (n)
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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