The verb {po'} is given as "be expert, skilled".

The problem though is, that while "to be skilled", is one thing, "to be expert" is quite another.

Now, I can understand the crap we usually say, that "context will clarify", but there are times when context *can't* clarify, or in order for it to do so, the main story will need to be disrupted losing its' intended focus.

It doesn't mean be skilled or be expert, depending on context. It means what the combination of be skilled and be expert means. It means the subject has enough training or ability to be really good at something.

What is a {Qel po'} ? An expert i.e. a specialist ? Or someone "skilled", who can be just a med-school graduate with many years of experience, but nowhere near the level of a specialist ?

A Qel po' is a doctor who has enough training or ability to be a really good doctor.

When a Klingon word is defined with more than one English term, it doesn't mean the word means either one or the other. The Klingon word has one meaning, possibly with multiple senses, and it has that meaning without any connection to how many definitions it's given in English.

In other words, Klingons don't think of the word po' as having two meanings. It has just one meaning to them. It means po'. We just don't have a single English word that means exactly what po' means, so we're given a couple to try to give us a good understanding of what po' actually means.

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