tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Feb 16 14:40:28 1997

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Re: "Elder" musings



> On Sun, 16 Feb 1997, DaQtIq wrote:
> |jIHvaD jang ghunchu'wI':
> |>QIv'a' loDnI'lI'?  chaq latlh Daghaj 'ej QIvbogh loDnI' DaqeltaH.
> |
> |ghobe'. cha' puqloD neH ghaj vavwI'. boghpa' loDnI'wI' jIboghmo',
> |loDnI' nIv jIH. loDnI' QIv ghaH.
> |
> |I'm using this adjective as a convenient and simple way to express
> |younger and older brothers. No basis in canon, just my hypothesis.
> 
> So, how *do* we say the "elder brother"? For Klingons this is not a
trivial
> matter. Kurn had to give into Worf's wishes on more than one occasion
> because he was "the elder brother". (As the oldest surviving male member
of
> the family, this made him the head of the disgraced House of Mogh as
well,
> such as it is.)

This point would seem to support DaQtIq's use of *nIv* for "elder" brother.
 I think that is the point he is trying to make.

SuSvaj

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