[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: yab

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: yab
Part of speech: noun
Definition: mind, brain
Source: TKD
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targhlIj yab tIn law' no'lI' Hoch yabDu' tIn puS 
Your targ has a bigger brain than all your ancestors put together! (PK)

qImchoHlaHchu' yabDaj 
His mind focused and clear (PB)

yab matlh muvchuqghach Sorgh vay' 'e' vIbotjaj. 
Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments. (Sonnet 116)

(KGT 88):  Some of the other commonly eaten parts include ... {QoghIj} ("brain"; another word, {yab}, also means brain as an organ, but in addition it means mind, intellect and is not used in reference to food 

(KGT 149):  The verb {Dach} literally means "be absent", but when applied to a person who is obviously present or otherwise accounted for, it is usually interpreted to mean that the person's mind has wandered. It does not mean absent-minded, which involves forgetfulness. Rather, it means that the person is, for whatever reason, not focusing on the task at hand. Nonslang equivalents are {qImHa'} ("not pay attention") and {buSHa'} ("not focus [on], ignore"). 

TREK TRIVIA:
The minds/consciousnesses of Sargon, Thalassa and Henoch were preserved in "survival canisters" for 500,000 years on Sargon's World. (TOS "Return to Tomorrow")

TORRES: Then you're not going to lecture me about losing my temper? 
TUVOK:  If you must know, investigating this case has given me a new 
                respect for your inner struggle. 
TORRES: Really? 
TUVOK:  Burdened as you are by your primitive Klingon psyche, it is a 
                wonder you are able to keep your violent thoughts under control
                as much as you do. 
TORRES: Thanks. I think. 
TUVOK:  You're welcome. Of course, there are various Vulcan techniques 
                which could help you increase your self-control. 
TORRES: You don't say. 	[VOY "Random Thoughts"] 

The Providers on Triskelion were three evolved disembodied brains. (TOS "The Gamesters of Triskelion")

"Brain and brain!  What is brain?!" (Kara, TOS "Spock's Brain")

SEE:
yab qoD  	subconscious mind (n) (qepHom 2016)

SEE ALSO:
Hutvav rarwI' 	neural synapse (n)
qa' 		spirit (n)
qawHaq 	memory banks [for robots and androids?] (n)

 "The mind is its own place, and in itself 
   Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven." [Milton, Paradise Lost, Book I]

--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons