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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Last X and testament?

Fiat Knox ([email protected]) 

<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:18pt"><div><span>With no noun form for <span style="font-weight: bold;">ra'</span><span> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">command</span><span> (v)</span> apparent, a title such as {<span style="font-weight: bold;">ra'mey Qav</span><span>} "final orders" would be a bit problematical. But a Will is not just a list of stuff to be given away; it's a set of final commands. "Howl for me in the traditional manner," "Feast and sing songs of my deeds in the Great Hall at High Sun" and all that.</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 24px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><span>If there were a noun form for <span style="font-style: italic;">command</span><span> it'd be easy - </span>{<span style="font-weight: bold;">ra'mey Qav
 tetlh</span><span>}</span>. Perhaps {<span style="font-weight: bold;">tetlh Qav</span><span>} or {<span style="font-weight: bold;">Hegh tetlh</span><span>}?</span></span></span></span></div><br><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <br> <br> <div style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Saturday, 8 March 2014, 13:03, Rohan Fenwick &lt;[email protected]&gt; wrote:<br> </font> </div> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">  <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv1463653363">

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<div><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></div>
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