[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: yatlh

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: yatlh
Part of speech: verb
Definition: be pregnant
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yatlh luqara' puqloD wa'DIch qenglI' 
Lukara, pregnant of their first-born son (PB 184-5)

(Lieven, 11/02/2011):  The new paq'batlh shows us that a pregnant woman does {qeng} ["carry"] a child.

TREK NOTES:
  Klingon females carried their children for thirty weeks, though the Doctor believed that the gestation period for Klingon-Human hybrids would likely be less, and advised B'Elanna Torres to expect mood swings during her pregnancy. [VOY 
"Lineage"]  The Doctor also warned Tom Paris that Klingon labor sometimes lasts several days. [VOY "Endgame, Part II"]

  The Klingon Kohlar asked a pregnant B'Elanna, "Did you conceive during the holy month of *Nay'Poq*?"  Why this month is holy was not actually explained but it presumably has something to do with the *Kuvah'Magh* {quvamaq }, a Klingon messiah/savior figure.  Later in the episode we see an intriguing ceremony:  Kohlar leads B'Elanna - who is carrying the unborn *Kuvah'Magh* -- in a plea for the dead who are called by name ("Remember A son of B. Remember X daughter of Y. [etc.]").  Apparently, the honored dead in Sto-Vo-Kor can't rest if the living don't honor their memory.  [VOY "Prophecy"]

SEE ALSO:
ber 		ovulate (v)
bogh 		be born (v)
Sep 		breed (v)

chI'ID 		uterus (n)
qoS 		birthday (n)
ghu 		baby (n)

--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons