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

Steven Boozer sboozer at uchicago.edu
Wed Jun 13 07:55:33 PDT 2012


> >> Klingon word:   mol
> >> Part of speech: verb
> >> Definition:     bury

Voragh:
>> Related words:
>>
>> mol    	grave (n)
>> Qargh   	fissure (n)
>> DIS      	cave (n)
>> tlhIlhal  	mine (n)
>>
>> tlhIl   	mine (v)

Philip:
> Also nol: funeral (n).

Which may also be a pun: {lon} "abandon" backwards?  Klingon warriors consider 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 Glory").

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons





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