[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ghoj

[Steven Boozer]

Voragh:
>> Related words:
>> ghojmoH ghItlhwI'	pencil (n)

Quvar:
> ghojmeHqu' ghItlhwI'vam lo'lu', 'ach ghojmoHlaHbe' 'oH.
> (SKI: it's -meH, not -moH; I just checked.)

Thanks.  That makes more sense, and it's another official "purpose noun".

More on pencils:

st.klingon L(7/09/1998):  The verb usually translated "write", {ghItlh}, refers to the physical activity of writing (moving the pencil around, chiseling, etc.)
 
HQ 12.2:y:  ... the sharp end of a spear is the {Qin} ...  When shown a pencil, Maltz said that the sharp end could be called a {Qin}, but if the pencil were new and did not yet have a point, the ready-to-be-sharpened end would be a {megh'an} or {'er'In}.

Cf. also {ghItlhwI'} "stylus", extended to "pen" in TNK.



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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons