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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, January 25, 2016
> 
> Klingon word: ghuy'
> Part of speech: excl
> Definition: (curse) general invective

The only Okrandian example I know of is:

  ghuy' po'qu'
  Damn he's good! (ST5 notes)

{ghuy'} appears to be a shortened - less intense? - version of {ghuy'cha'}:

CK:  Here's another word with strong force. A Klingon might say it after receiving an unsettling communique. It's a LOT stronger than the Terran "Darn it!"

When Picard failed to convince Governor Vagh that the Federation wasn't supplying weapons to Kriosian rebels, Vagh shouted: "You speak the lies of a *tah-keck*!"  Picard calmly leaned forward and replied, "*Qu'vatlh guy'cha b'aka!*"  Vagh complimented him, saying: "You swear well, Picard. You must have Klingon blood in you."  [TNG "The Mind's Eye"]

Are any of these expletives/invectives used in the paq'batlh?


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons