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

[Steven Boozer]

Thanks for looking this up.  At least we know what the writers wanting Michael Dorn to say.


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Felix Malmenbeck [mailto:felixm at kth.se]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 1:37 PM
> 
> From the script, according to ST Minutiae (http://www.st-
> minutiae.com/academy/literature329/526.txt):
> 
> ------------
> 
> 	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.
> 
> ------------
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> ________________________________________
> 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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