[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: re'chIv

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, January 13, 2025

Klingon word: re'chIv
Part of speech: noun
Definition: internal organ
Source: qep'a' 29 [2022]
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AFAIK not used in a sentence.

(qepHom 2023):  {remloS}, in its singular sense, would refer to any individual internal organ. It could, of course, also be used as a plural (equivalent to {remloSDu'}).

  The Klingon body incorporates multiple redundancies for nearly all vital bodily functions which gives Klingon warriors enormous resiliency in battle, since almost every function in their body is duplicated in case any primary organ or system fails. From various episodes we know that Klingons have two livers, three lungs, twenty-three ribs, a redundant stomach, an eight-chambered heart, a backup for their synaptic functions, redundant neural functions, and at least two QiVons (whatever that is). 

remloS  	gut,  guts,  bowels,  entrails (n)
porghQeD  	the scientific study of bodily functions (n)
bIraqlul  	*brak'lul* (redundancy in body parts) (n)

ro 		trunk (of body), torso (n)
chor 		belly/midsection (n)

burgh 		stomach
luH 		intestine (n)
rajma' 		kidney (n)
tIq		heart (n)
etc.

  "If you were not an ambassador I would disembowel you right now!" (Worf to Iyaaran Amb. Byleth, who had accused Worf of lying during a poker game [TNG "Liaisons"])

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons