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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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