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Re: question



{DevwI'} means "leader", literally.  {Dev} means "[to] lead", and
{-wI'} is the Klingon equivalent of the "-er" in "leader" - a suffix
meaning "one who does".  So it just means "one who leads", with no
specific title or office implied.  If you are talking about the captain
of a ship, you would probably use {HoD} "captain". If you're talking
about the commander of a mission (one who is in command), you would use
{ra'wI'}.  (This is different from the rank of Commander, which in
Klingon is {la'}).




KATIE MONCELSI <[email protected]> writes:
\ In the book the Klingon Way the have DevwI' meaing leader.  In Star 
\ Trek:  Klingon one of the Klingon crew members calls Gowron it.  Does 
\ this mean that it also means captian, onne in authority, highest power 
\ symbol, and other stuff like that?
\ 
\ Katie
\ B'Elanna
\ 

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