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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: mol
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Wed Jun 13 10:55:41 2012
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:55:33 +0000
In-Reply-To: <CA+cwSm81WxKbW2gxRVSw84JyJvfq51LiUUH=tiSxe--DRrBScw@mail.gmail.com>
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> >> Klingon word: =A0 mol
> >> Part of speech: verb
> >> Definition: =A0 =A0 bury
Voragh:
>> Related words:
>>
>> mol =A0 =A0 grave (n)
>> Qargh =A0 fissure (n)
>> DIS=A0 =A0 =A0 cave (n)
>> tlhIlhal =A0 mine (n)
>>
>> tlhIl =A0 mine (v)
Philip:
> Also nol: funeral (n).
Which may also be a pun: {lon} "abandon" backwards? Klingon warriors consi=
der the corpse to be only an "empty shell" once the spirit has departed the=
body, to be disposed of - or abandoned? - accordingly (cf. TNG "Heart of G=
lory").
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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