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

[Felix Malmenbeck]

>From the script, according to ST Minutiae (http://www.st-minutiae.com/academy/literature329/526.txt):

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	Worf recovers his composure and addresses the ranks.

					WORF 
			Yih-Ghom-HAH! (Dismissed!)

	The troops file out. As the DOOR CLANKS shut behind 
	them, Martok sidles up to Worf, observing him 
	carefully.

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So, I'm guessing the word was {yIghomHa'}. Or, he might be informing them that the ship's chef has just marinated a fresh batch of tribbles.


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From: Steven Boozer [sboozer at uchicago.edu]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 22:50
To: tlhingan-hol at kli.org
Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ghomHa'

> >> Klingon word: ghomHa'
> >> Part of speech: verb
> >> Definition: scatter,disperse

Voragh:
>> 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/).

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


Hmm... /PEE-gom-hah/ {peghomHa'!}  That could very well be it as I definitely heard the vowel /ee/ as in "machine) though I wasn't sure about the consonants.  I guess I give actors more credit than I should.


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons



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