tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 21 14:35:16 2002
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forgiving (was Re: [KLBC] some more questions)
ja' qe'San:
>If something was done that needed forgiveness the culpritt would have lost
>honour.
quvqa'meH vangwI', qa'meH vIttlhegh jatlhnIS neH.
That's what we have replacement proverbs for.
>So to have the Klingon, needing to forgive, advise that he
>considered honour restored would surely be equivelant and all the
>forgiveness that the culpritt would require...
Klingon customs consider that honor is restored and the offense forgotten
as soon as the offender gives a replacement proverb. If someone wishes to
formally absolve the culprit, perhaps he might say:
bIqay'be'. qa'meH vIttlhegh DajatlhnISbe'.
>The next question is would the honour need to be restored to the victim, the
>culpritt or both?
If I wished to explicitly restore honor to someone who has had it taken
away, I'd be likely to tell him {Ha'qujlIj vItatlh}.
-- ghunchu'wI' 'utlh