tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Sep 04 11:53:53 2007
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Re: Klingon WOTD: 'oDwI' (noun)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Saturday, September 1, 2007.
>
>Category: People
>
>Klingon word: 'oDwI'
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: arbitrator
The nomen agentis if {'oD} "'oD arbitrate, mediate".
Used in canon:
yejquv DevwI' moj ghawran 'e' wuqta' cho' 'oDwI' Dapu'bogh janluq pIqarD
HoD.
Gowron... named leader of the High Council by Captain Jean-Luc Picard, who
was acting as Arbiter of Succession. S25
Related nouns:
For a judge or magistrate (like the one seen in ST6) use {loHwI'}:
loHwI' vISuch 'e' vIpoQ!
I demand to see the magistrate! (ENT "Affliction")
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons