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

[James Landau]

Pun: VISCERa.

Speaking of puns, I spoke with Marc Okrand on Facebook and mentioned some of the clever puns he's hidden in recently revealed words. I thought *mobIj* for "latch" probably had something to do with "jibboom", but Marc said he didn't see a connection between "latch" and "jibboom". Then I thought about it more, and noticed how *jIbom* also means "I sing". "I sing" sounds like "isinglass" . . . were latches traditionally made with isinglass, or put on isinglass windows or used with isinglass curtains?

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>Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, January 13, 2025
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>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.
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>(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'}).
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>  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). 
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>remloS      gut,  guts,  bowels,  entrails (n)
>porghQeD      the scientific study of bodily functions (n)
>bIraqlul      *brak'lul* (redundancy in body parts) (n)
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>ro         trunk (of body), torso (n)
>chor         belly/midsection (n)
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>burgh         stomach
>luH         intestine (n)
>rajma'         kidney (n)
>tIq        heart (n)
>etc.
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>  "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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