[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: Dol

Steven Boozer sboozer at uchicago.edu
Thu Aug 9 13:35:27 PDT 2012


>> 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".



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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons



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