tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jun 13 07:55:37 2012
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: mol
> >> Klingon word: mol
> >> Part of speech: verb
> >> Definition: bury
Voragh:
>> Related words:
>>
>> mol grave (n)
>> Qargh fissure (n)
>> DIS cave (n)
>> tlhIlhal mine (n)
>>
>> tlhIl mine (v)
Philip:
> Also nol: funeral (n).
Which may also be a pun: {lon} "abandon" backwards? Klingon warriors consider the corpse to be only an "empty shell" once the spirit has departed the body, to be disposed of - or abandoned? - accordingly (cf. TNG "Heart of Glory").
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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