[89482] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: Hoghvam qaSpu'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Wed Sep 7 09:21:17 2011
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 08:12:34 -0500
In-Reply-To: <CAFgJOr2QB70LFfRgNqcrVPTyTfFkrzCzRgNdXPhpSv_xtOM_0Q@mail.gmail.com>
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
QeS 'utlh:
>> Klingon makes a couple of spectacular distinctions in this regard. As
>> I didn't read the original article I'm not sure what status the former
>> officers and cabinet ministers have now, but I'd be tempted to use the
>> verb {mIl} "be formerly honoured but now disgraced".
bI'reng:
> I think the officers and ministers served the government that
> collapsed in 2003. In that case {mIl} probably works. I wonder if
> there's a general term for "former" that doesn't require a long
> sentence. Although for Klingons, maybe the only options are 'utlh,
> mIl, or Heghpu'.
Some more vocabulary:
{nubwI'} "predecessor" (n.)
{qa'meH} "replacement (permanent)" (n.)
{lIw} "substitute, stand-in, temporary surrogate" (n.)
{cho'} "succession" (n.)
{woQ} "authority, political power" (n.)
{Sugh} "install [in office]" (v.)
{nung} "preceed"} (v.)
{cho'} "succeed (to authority)" (v.)
{gheS} "assume duties of, take on responsibilities" (v.)
{Son} "relieve" (v.)
{lu} "fall (suffer loss of status), fall from power" (v.)
{paj} "resign" (v.)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
