[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: tIq

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: 	tIq
Part of speech: 	noun
Definition: 	heart
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tIqDaq HoSna' tu'lu' 
Real power is in the heart. (TKW)
[(TKW 23): In this phrase, the heart stands for one's spirit or principles. Cf. TNG "Heart of Glory"]

tIqlIj Da'angnIS 
You must show your heart. (PK)

tIqwIj Sa'angnIS 
I must show you [plural] my heart. 
[(msn.onstage.startrek.expert.Okrand 6/29/1997)":  For example, someone undergoing the Rite of Ascension says {tIqwIj Sa'angnIS} "I must show you [plural] my heart". The pronominal prefix in this phrase is {Sa-}, which means "I [do something to] all of you" ... but when there's already an object (in this case, {tIqwIj} "my heart"), the `object' of the prefix is interpreted as the indirect object, so Sa- means "I [do something to] it for you" or the like."]

qagh, ro'qegh'Iwchab, targh tIq Sop 'e' lungIl Humanpu' puS 
Few humans dare to eat gagh, rokeg blood pie, or heart of targ. (S21)

ngIq tonSaw' lo' 'ej tIqDu' lel 
In one single move, he removed the hearts (PB)

Hay'chu' luneHqu' vaj pe'vIl joqqu' cha' tlhIngan tIqDu' 
Both Klingon hearts beat, at their strongest, in lust for blood. (PB)

joqtaHbogh molor tIqDu' 
Molor's still-beating hearts (PB)

quvbogh 'ej valbogh tIqDu' tIQ 
ancient hearts of honor and wisdom (PB)

tIqDu'Daj DuQqu'meH qeylIS ma'veq cha' 'etlhmey jop 
Kahless impaled his hearts with the two blades of the *mevak*. (PB)

vavDaj ghaH qanjIt'e' puj tIqDu'Daj 'ach Hem 
The old Kanjit, his hearts weak, but proud. (PB)

tagha' tIq Hoch botlh | Hochlogh Dat joqtaHjaj 
And finally Tiq, the heart and center of all things, May it forever beat, anywhere. (PB)

targh Darur
    vaj qaSam 'ej qaHoH
    ghIq cha' tIqDu'lIj vISop
I will hunt you down
    Like a targ and slay you,
    Then eat both your hearts! (PB)

tIqDu'vam tuHqu' Say'moHchu'jaj bIQtIqvam 
May these waters wash clean these hearts, blackened with shame. (PB)

HughlIj 'uch qeylIS / DaH rolIjvo' tIqDu'lIj lellaH 
Kahless grips you by the throat, He could rip your hearts out at will (PB)

quvbogh 'ej valbogh tIqDu' tIQ 
ancient hearts of honor and wisdom (PB)

leghchu' tIq neH. potlh leghlaHbe' mIn. 
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. (Lieven, TLP chapter XXI)

(KGT 87):  Large animals are usually chopped into pieces, sometimes with attention paid to which piece is which (thus a {tIq} [heart] might be served as a dish in its own right)... 

(KCD re {targh tIq} "heart of targ"):  even though the dish may be served with the hearts of more than one targ, the plural {tIqmey} is never used in the name of the dish. 

CULTURAL NOTES:
Klingons have an eight-chambered heart. (TNG "Ethics")  Sometimes this is referred to as having two hearts. (PB)  "One can probably reconcile these two statements by suggesting that the Klingon heart is divided into two attached parts with four chambers each, and that it's possible for one to function if the other is destroyed. Then, it'd be a matter of interpretation if a Klingon has one heart or two. Similar to our lungs, in a way." (Felix, 2/10/2014) 

  "The betleH wielded by the lord of a great house is called an Honor Blade and is considered the repository of the heart and soul of his or her entire clan." (KLS)

TREK NOTES:
  “Some advice from a warrior in the bedchamber as well as the battlefield. At times like these you must treat your heart as the enemy so you won't be distracted in battle.” (Gen. Korok to Seven, VOY “Unimatrix Zero Pt. II”)

PUN:  "tick" or "ticker"?

N.B. Do not confuse with the verb {tIq} "be long, lengthy, extended (of an object)".

SEE ALSO:
'Iw 		blood (n)
'aD 		vein, artery, blood vessel (n)
    mej’aD  	    artery [specifically] (n)
    paw'aD 	    vein [specifically] (n).
    ‘aDHom 	    capillary  (n)

joq  		beat  (lit. "flap, flutter") (v)
regh 		bleed (v)

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Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
    Please contribute relevant vocabulary from recent qep’a’mey 
    or qepHommey. I’ve fallen woefully behind in updating my files.