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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, February 11, 2014
> 
> Klingon word: ghIH
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: be messy, sloppy

Mentioned in CK in the section on expressing opinions of local Klingon sites.

KGT 138:  the characteristic patterns of younger people's speech, if noticed and commented upon, are more likely to be judged sloppy or careless rather than wrong.

KGT 30:  while the verb {ghIH} means "be messy, sloppy" in {ta' Hol} and in most dialects, in the towns near Ruk'evet ({ruq'e'vet}), {ghIH} means "be careless". The more widespread word for be careless is {yepHa'}, and this word is used in addition to {ghIH} in the Ruk'evet area. To say "be messy, sloppy", the Ruk'evet inhabitants say {Soy'}, a verb meaning "be clumsy" elsewhere. The Ruk'evet word for be clumsy is {jat}, which is phonetically identical to the noun meaning "tongue".

  ghIH
  They're sloppy. CK

  bIghIH 
  You are sloppy. KLS

  Ha'DIbaH ghIH tIr ngogh je 
  burger [i.e. hamburger] TNK


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