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[Tlhingan-hol] Last X and testament?

Rohan Fenwick ([email protected]) [KLI Member] 

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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Anyone ever had cause to render "will" as in "last will and testament" into Klingon? I'm about to get into a section of {mIl'oD veDDIr SuvwI'} that uses the term often, and I'm seriously struggling with anything that's not a long circumlocution like {Heghpu'wI' 'aH noblu'meH nab}. We've got quite a bit of vocabulary about the practices surrounding death - {SonchIy}, {Heghtay}, {bIreqtal},  {lom}, {nol}, {mol} - but "will" isn't among them, and nor are any alternatives like "bequeath", "bequest", "inherit", "legacy". (Kind of surprising for a culture where House status is such a prominent part of one's identity. We do have {quH} "heritage", but that's about as close as it gets. For "bequest", perhaps {quH nob}?)<br><br>All suggestions will be much appreciated.<br><br>QeS<br> 		 	   		  </div></body>
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