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[ ɣɑd​͔​ʒ ]
Verb

English: have, possess

German: haben, besitzen

Source: TKD

KLCP Level: 1

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Usage for ghaj
nIn
nIn (n) fuel
'ar
'ar (question) how many? how much?
wIghaj
wI- (vp) we-him/her/it
ghaj (v) have, possess

How much fuel do we have left?

Type: sentence - Source: Conversational Klingon

De'
De' (n) data, information
pegh
pegh (n) secret
pegh (v) keep something secret
pegh (v) be secret
vIghaj
vI- (vp) I-him/her/it/them
ghaj (v) have, possess

I have secret information

Type: sentence - Source: Power Klingon

latlh De'/Additional Information

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butlh
butlh (n) dirt under fingernails; symbolic equivalent of gall, an admirable trait to have
ghajbogh
ghaj (v) have, possess
-bogh (vs9) which
nuv'e'
nuv (n) person (humanoid)
-'e' (ns5) topic
yIHo'.
yI- (vp) you, you-him/her/it (imperative)
Ho' (v) admire

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.
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