[86871] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: tlhIngan porgh
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Thu Nov 19 16:33:03 2009
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "'tlhingan-hol@kli.org'" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:31:42 -0600
In-Reply-To: <249d5b950911191319x643b47b4t69c4a449a56b4230@mail.gmail.com>
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>> HQ 12.4:8: Maltz was familiar with the scientific study of bodily
>> functions, or {porghQeD}, but he didn't consider himself terribly well
>> versed in the field. The closest he could come to "bodily function" was
>> {porgh mIw}, literally "body process", but he had a hard time thinking
>> of an everyday sentence containing that phrase. He said that Klingons
>> don't talk all that much about bodily functions as a group, but they
>> certainly do talk about specific bodily functions.
lay'tel SIvten:
>You ask how to differentiate or distinguish between anatomy and physiology
>in Klingon. I don't think it matters. The terms are close in English, and
>the difference between them is technical. In fact, doesn't physiology
>include anatomy?
That's what I was actually trying to say. It appears {porghQeD} covers both what we call anatomy and physiology.
>> Hmm... I guess it's not such a problem after all. {[tlhIngan] porgh}
>> "the [Klingon] body" works just fine for most, if not all, of these.
And again, sometimes {porgh} works just fine.
--
Voragh
Canon Master of the Klingons
