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[ nuv ]
Noun

English: person (humanoid)

German: Person

Source: TKD

Category: being

KLCP Level: 1

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There isn't much difference between ghot and nuv, both meaning person. Maltz did say that when these words are plural (with or without a -pu' suffix), ghot focuses more on the individuals making up the group while nuv focuses on the group as a whole. So ghotpu' would probably be translated as persons and nuvpu' would be translated as people. But the rule is not hard and fast. (qepHom 2018)

Usage for nuv

butlh ghajbogh nuv'e' yIHo'.

Admire the person with dirt under his fingernails.

Type: proverb - Source: TKW

latlh De'/Additional Information
The Klingon word "{butlh}" ("dirt under fingernails") can be taken literally, but in this expression it means something like "effrontery, impudence, brazenness." The origin of this usage of the term is obscure, but it may be connected to the notion that one not having "{butlh}" is leading a soft, com- fortable, not very Klingonlike life. To say to someone "{butlh DaHutlh.}" ("You lack dirt under your fingernails") is highly insulting. It means that the person is lacking in a certain kind of Klingon spirit. In Federation Standard, an approximate equivalent is gall. Indeed, Worf said to Kevin Uxbridge, "Your attempt to hold the away team at bay with a nonfunctioning weapon was an act of unmitigated gall... I admire gall." Had Worf said that Uxbridge's action was "an act of unmitigated dirt under the fingernails," he would have been misunderstood, at the very least. The Klingon way to say, "you lack gall" is "{HuH DaHutlh.}" This is literally "You lack bile," and a Klingon would probably only understand it biologically.

Sovbej pagh
'elta' nuv law'
cheghta' pagh

No one knows for sure,
Many have entered,
None have returned.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book

yerchajvo' Haw'
qamchIynganpu'
ngIq nuv luHoH

The people of Qam-Chee,
They fled their territory,
And were killed one by one.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book

I am honored to meet you,
Sons of Kahnrah,
And who is this?

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book

Thousands followed him
To the edge of the city,
To bid him farewell.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Impact Book

Those unfit disintegrate
At the glance of Fek'lhr,
So it is said.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book

The spirits of the dead
Go to the gates of Gre'thor
In lines of three.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book

Come, come, come
With me to the living,
And fight Molor with me.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book

Kahless finds himself in a cave
Leading to
The world beyond the living.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Ground Book

Gre'thor was now the home
Of the hearts of doubt and fear,
The place for the weak and dishonored.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Impact Book

In one single move,
Kahless decided the fate
Of thousands, and those to come.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book

All of Kronos trembled once more,
For every Klingon on the planet
Followed her cry for Kahless.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Impact Book

One can only return from this Underworld,
If Fek'lhr does not notice one
Entering or leaving Gre'thor.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Ground Book

Did you think that my word of honor
Would have carried me this far?
Honor is for those with nothing to lose!

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book

Kahless kept his word of honor to Kotar,
After his last words, all were sent away,
But his wife Lukara.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Impact Book

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