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Hoch

Hoch is a word (noun) in Klingon meaning ‘everyone, all, everything, each, every’.

Meaning

everyone, all, everything, each, every

Part of speech
noun
Pronunciation
xot͡ʃ
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Pronunciation

Sound out Hoch letter by letter:

  • Hxharsh h, as in Scottish 'loch' or German 'Bach'
  • ooo as in 'go'
  • cht͡ʃch as in 'chew'

Usage notes

Hoch paqpu' all books (as a whole); Hoch paq each book (separately) [HolQeD-05-2-a p.11]; nIn Hoch all of the fuel [KGT p.155]

All sources combined here.

First in a noun-noun pair in TKW. According to HQ "More on Hoch"; "If noun following Hoch is explicitly plural, it means 'all'. If it is singular, it means 'each'." Occurs in TKW p.33, 51, 74, 74, 74, 99, 136, 179, 184.

Source

TKD; HolQeD-05-2-a p.11; KGT p.155 · TKW

Originally sourced from klingonska.org and enhanced by lingoXpress.