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

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, March 07, 2016
> 
> Klingon word: ghu
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: baby
> Source: TKD

  nujDajDaq mar'egh ghu 
  the baby sucks its big toe (HQ 10.2)

  nujDajDaq rIl'egh ghu 
  the baby sucks its thumb (HQ 10.2)

(HQ 10.2:8-9):  Similarly, {nujDajDaq rIl'egh ghu}, literally "at his/her mouth, the baby uses at him/herself his/her thumb", is used for "the baby sucks its thumb".

[More toe verbs! See my previous post.]

Klingon scientist J'Dan criticized the influence the Federation had on the Empire: "The blood of all Klingons has become water! [We have turned into a nation of mewling babies!]". (TKW 34; cf. TNG "The Drumbeat")

SEE ALSO:
puq 		child, offspring (n)
qoS 		birthday (n)

yatlh 	be pregnant (v)
bogh  	be born (v)
Sep 		breed (v)

{ghu} "baby" may(?) be related to {ghubDaQ} "first-born child".  It's possible that word final {b} was dropped over time.  Cf. also {puqloD wa'Dich} in the paq'batlh:

  yatlh luqara' puqloD wa'DIch qenglI' 
  Lukara, pregnant of their first-born son (PB 184-5)



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