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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] wedding vows - heartbeat?

Steven Boozer ([email protected])



loghaD:
> >> quvbogh 'ej valbogh tIqDu' tIQ
> >> [...]
> >> joqtaHbogh molor tIqDu' qem qeylIS
 
Voragh:
> >   Hay'chu' luneHqu'
> >   vaj pe'vIl joqqu'
> >   cha' tlhIngan tIqDu'
> >
> >   Both Klingon hearts beat,
> >   At their strongest,
> >   In lust for blood. (paq'raD, Canto 23, p. 167)
> >
> > N.B. {pe'vIl} used twice with {joq} and in all three examples: {tIqDu'}
> > - Klingons have two hearts!

De'vID: 
> teH'a' ngoDHomqoqvam? teHchugh, Hay'chu' luneHchugh cha' tlhInganpu',
> pe'vIl joqqu' loS tlhIngan tIqDu' 'e' vIpIH.

Quick quote from my notes:

{bIraqlul} *brak'lul* (redundancy in body parts) KGT:
   A term from physiology {porghQeD}:  The Klingon body incorporates multiple redundancies for nearly all vital bodily functions. This characteristic, known as *brak'lul*, gives Klingon warriors enormous resiliency in battle, since almost every function in their body is duplicated in case any primary organ or system failed. From various episodes we know that Klingons have two livers {chej}, three lungs {tagh}, twenty-three ribs {joQ}, a redundant stomach {burgh}, an eight-chambered heart {tIq}, and a backup for their synaptic functions (cf. TNG "Ethics", VOY "Macrocosm", VOY "Lineage")
   Klingons have a third lung, which provides extra stamina on the battlefield and is also useful to athletes. (VOY "Lineage") Is this a *bregit* lung {bIreqtagh}?
   Klingons also have at least two *QiVons* {qIvon}, whatever that is.
   Sometimes the eight-chambered heart is referred to as "two hearts" {cha' tIqDu'} in the {paq'batlh}.

A "double heart" might be a better translation in English.


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons




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