ghIv

limb (of a person)

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

ɣɪv

Sound out ghIv letter by letter:

• ghɣvoiced version of H, like a growled gargle
• Iɪi as in 'bit'
• vvv as in 'vow'

• [At the {qep'a'} in 2010] Marc [Okrand] was listening in while Eric [Andeen] was telling me [Chris Lipscombe] the words. When we got to ghIv, gham was brought up. Marc described ghIv as the "person" version of gham. [2010-07-26b-Email]

• gham — limb (of an animal)
• HajDob — leg (served as food) [older or upper-class word]

2010-qep'a' (2010-07-26b-Email)

Originally sourced from klingonska.org and enhanced by lingoXpress.