[Tlhingan-hol] Last X and testament?

[lojmIt tI'wI' nuv 'utlh]

All of this assumes that Klingons would have a will. Wouldn’t it be more likely that when someone dies, everybody just fights over their stuff?

And who cares about commands left by a corpse? The whole idea is repugnant. Next, you’ll be looking for the word for “funeral”. {mol} is something one does to treasure, not to corpses.

lojmIt tI’wI’ nuv ‘utlh
Door Repair Guy, Retired Honorably



On Mar 8, 2014, at 8:30 AM, Fiat Knox <fiat_knox at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> 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 command it'd be easy - {ra'mey Qav tetlh}. Perhaps {tetlh Qav} or {Hegh tetlh}?
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> 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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> QeS
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