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

Steven Boozer sboozer at uchicago.edu
Thu Jan 3 07:16:38 PST 2013


> Klingon word:   ghetwI'
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition:     pretender

The nomen agentis {ghet} "pretend":

HQ 12.3 (p.8):  {Qaq} "behave falsely honorably, behave in a falsely honorable manner" ... is used in cases where one misrepresents oneself in order to be accorded honor one is not entitled to, and in that way it is different from {toj} "deceive" and {ghet} "pretend", neither of which has this kind of connection to honor ... {ghet} and {ghetwI'} "pretender" generally do not imply deception, but simply role-playing.


WRT role-playing, {ghetwI'} might be used for "actor/actress" for which we've long used *{DawI'} "one who behaves as or acts in the manner of" on this list.  *{reHwI'} "player" was used in The Klingon Hamlet (TKH).


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Voragh
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