[Tlhingan-hol] Inherently plural nouns and numbers

[Gaerfindel]

lughlaw' ghunchu'wI' 'ej ghItlhpu':

TKW 27:  The Klingon word for "instincts" is {Duj}, and it is
grammatically correct to treat it as singular (a bundle or collection
of instincts) or plural (individual instincts).


jIghItlh:

I wonder if there's some connection between the meaning of {DujlIj 
yIvoqtaH} "Always trust your instincts (each one separately)", and 
{DujlIj _yI_toqtaH}; "Always trust you're /ship/."  Is this an 
intentional double entendre on MO's part?  Or is it simply a 
happenstance of homophony?

~quljIb


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