[Tlhingan-hol] paq'batlh: lutvaD ghotvam luDalu'

[Noah Bogart]

Is paq'batlh considered canon?

On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:

> {ghal} "be jealous, envy" (v) is probably just be a simple look-up error
> for "envoy" by the person who compiled the dramatis personae list.  You
> noted that within the play this character is called {molor Duy'} - sic! for
> {molor Duy} - "Molor's agent/emissary/delegate".
>
> Hmm...  {molor Duy'} "defective Molor" could be a traditional epithet for
> this despised figure - especially by Klingon children!  <g>
>
> --
> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ghunchu'wI' 'utlh:
> >
> > In the "Dramatis Personae", one character is listed as "Molor's
> > Envoy". The facing Klingon names him {molor ghal}. The character is
> > introduced early in the text as "an envoy of Molor" {molor Duy'}. He
> > has but two lines, and so far as I can tell does not appear again.
> >
> > I know the verb {ghal} "be jealous" well. It was revealed in response
> > to my request (as a newly induced Friend of Maltz) for a way to
> > express jealousy. I've never known it to be used as a noun, but if it
> > were, I'd have said it meant "envy".
>
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