lieven:

> To say "superior priests" use the adjective

> {nIv} "be superior".

nIqolay Q:

> mayqel: If you're trying to express the 

> notion of "superior", there's the verb nIv 

> "be superior". Qelpu' nIv "superior 

> doctors", maqleghpu' nIv "superior 

> priests"

I've thought about using the verb {nIv}, but there's the problem of the following Ca'Non sentence:

{Dujeychugh jagh nIv yItuHQo'}

there is nothing shameful in falling 

before a superior enemy 

The way I understand the "superior" in this example, it isn't "greater rank", but rather "greater skill/more powerful/better".

But my goal isn't to translate the concept of "superior" as in "greater skill"; my problem is how to translate "superior" as in "of higher rank".

~ mayqel qunen'oS