[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ghomHa'

[David Trimboli]

On 12/10/2012 4:15 PM, Steven Boozer wrote:
>
>> Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, December 09, 2012
>>
>> Klingon word: ghomHa' Part of speech: verb Definition: scatter,
>> disperse Source: TKD
>
> AFAIK never used in a sentence.
>
> Trek trivia:
>
> After welcoming them aboard First Officer Worf dismissed the group of
> "replacement" crewmen for the IKC Rotarran saying, "{/Deen(?)/
> ghomHa'!}" (DS9 "Sons & Daughters").  It wasn't subtitled or
> captioned, but this was how I heard it.
>
> This could be {DIghomHa'} "we dismiss them" though I don't know who
> "we" refers to in the scene.  Another option could be *{DaH ghomHa'!}
> "Disperse now!" (clipped, with a mis-remembered or badly pronounced
> {DaH}: *deeh* using the usual English pronunciation for final /h/).

Knowing the bad pronunciation of actors, I could see the first syllable
as being a {pe-} or an incorrect {yI-}.

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