[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: HI'tuy

[Lieven]

> jaSwa':
>> I wouldn't translate HI''a' as "tyrant," because "dictator" doesn't

ja' voragh:
> Perhaps that's its usage on Earth, but in Klingon culture Molor is always referred to as "the tyrant Molor"

Okay, then why not? I can live with

{HI'} "dictator"
{HI''a'} "tyrant"

If that's the klingon way to express it.

We shouldn't forget that many of those words with {-'a'} and {-Hom} 
cannot always be translated literally from klingon to english. A 
{be'Hom} is not an "inferior woman", or a {bIQ'a'} is more than just a 
big piece of water - and shouldn't ocean be ngeng'a'?

When searching for a word for "tyrant", the translator maybe thought 
something like "Hey, a {HI'} is really not negative, let's make it a 
{HI''a'} - that might be very close."

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Lieven L. Litaer
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