Klingon word: pal'ar Part of speech: noun Definition: kin, family member Source: paq'batlh (2nd ed. 2022) _______________________________________________ (De'vID < MO, 5/26/2022 in re PB2): I may be wrong, but it seems to me that the word kin in the English translations is, except for once, not used for family in general or family as a unit, but rather to refer to one person (Kahless's brother or father) or sometimes two (brother and father) or maybe more - that is, it's equivalent to kinsperson (if that's a good English word) or kinspersons. When kin is referring to family in general or the family as a unit (not a collection of individuals), {qorDu'} is definitely correct. But {qorDu'} doesn't seem right when referring to one or a number of family members. A better word for that is {pal'ar}. (De'vID 5/27/2022 in re PB2): {pal'ar} refers to a family member (a member of one's {qorDu'}). It refers to people related by blood (it's used in the paq'batlh to refer to Kahless' brother and father), and possibly also by marriage (though there's no usage to confirm the latter). See http://klingon.wiki/En/PaqbatlhNews#new_word:_family_member for more information on from PB2 with examples and quotations. Also see Lieven's helpful list and relationships charts at http://klingon.wiki/En/FamilyTerms -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons