[94340] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: Dol
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Thu Aug 9 16:35:37 2012
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 20:35:27 +0000
In-Reply-To: <50241ADA.2090205@web.de>
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>> Klingon word: Dol
>> Part of speech: noun
>> Definition: entity[, whole]
Lieven:
> Wasn't there a mistranslation here by MO, when looking up the noun?
> I think the original meaning had to be "entity", as in "living entity",
> while the "whole"-meaning referred to "entirety".
> Anyone confirming?
Possibly. Although we do have other nouns which could translate "(living) entity" -- although none are so glossed. E.g. {Dep} "being", {yagh} "organism".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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