[Tlhingan-hol] Last X and testament?

[Fiat Knox]

With no noun form for ra'command(v) apparent, a title such as {ra'mey Qav} "final orders" would be a bit problematical. But a Will is not just a list of stuff to be given away; it's a set of final commands. "Howl for me in the traditional manner," "Feast and sing songs of my deeds in the Great Hall at High Sun" and all that.
If there were a noun form for commandit'd be easy - {ra'mey Qav tetlh}. Perhaps {tetlh Qav} or {Hegh tetlh}?




On Saturday, 8 March 2014, 13:03, Rohan Fenwick <qeslagh at hotmail.com> wrote:
 
 
>Anyone ever had cause to render "will" as in "last will and testament" into Klingon? I'm about to get into a section of {mIl'oD veDDIr SuvwI'} that uses the term often, and I'm seriously struggling with anything that's not a long circumlocution like {Heghpu'wI' 'aH noblu'meH nab}. We've got quite a bit of vocabulary about the practices surrounding death - {SonchIy}, {Heghtay}, {bIreqtal},  {lom}, {nol}, {mol} - but "will" isn't among them, and nor are any alternatives like "bequeath", "bequest", "inherit", "legacy". (Kind of surprising for a culture where House status is such a prominent part of one's identity. We do have {quH} "heritage", but that's about as close as it gets. For "bequest", perhaps {quH nob}?)
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>All suggestions will be much appreciated.
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