Klingon/lexicon

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Here is the lexicon of Klingon. The list currently contains 5,258 words.

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b

  • babey`DaS - n - Barbados
  • babton - n - pepper, capsicum
  • bach - n - shot
  • bach - v - shoot
  • bachHa` - v - err; make a mistake [slang]
  • baDjer Hajvav - n - badger
  • bagh - v - tie
  • baghHa' - v - decrypt, break, crack (a code) [without permission, by unauthorized means]
  • baghneQ - n - spoon
  • bagh`et - n - baguette
  • baH - v - fire [torpedo; rocket; missile]
  • baHjan - n - launcher
  • baHwI` - n - gunner
  • baj - v - earn; work for [actively]
  • bal - n - jug; jar; bottle
  • balgharya` - n - Bulgaria
  • bam - v - face, have the prospect of having to deal with
  • bama -- n - Burma
  • bama Hol - n - Burmese
  • bambu` - n - bamboo
  • ban - v - be bruised
  • banan naH - n - banana
  • banmoH - v - bruise
  • bang - n - love; one who is loved; beloved
  • bang bom - n - love song
  • bang pong - n - pet name; endearment
  • banglaDeS - n - Bangladesh
  • baq - v - terminate; discontinue
  • baqghol - n - type of liquor; ~bahgol~
  • baQ - v - be fresh; be just picked [fruit; vegetable]
  • baQ - v - toss ~bat'leth~ from one hand to the other
  • baQa` - excl - [general invective]; boo! hiss! [Often preceded or followed by general grumbling and growling; sometimes just grumbling and growling alone.]
  • baQpel - n - variant of pull-up (In this exercise, the first up-down movement is with one arm only, the second is with the other arm only, the third is with the first arm only, and so on.)
  • bar - v - blink, flash [as in lighting up briefly or repeatedly]
  • barat - n - India
  • bargh - n - flat-bottomed pot for food preparation
  • bargh Soj - n - casserole
  • bartIq - n - branch (of a tree)
  • barwI` - n - pulsar (astronomers' term)
  • baS - n - metal
  • baS Ha`on - n - staple
  • baS laSvargh - n - foundry
  • baS SIrgh - n - wire
  • baS `In - n - bell [percussion instrument made of metal]
  • baStan - n - Boston
  • baSta` - n - vector (mathematics)
  • batqul - n - B'aht Qul challenge, a Klingon game
  • batlh - adv - honored; with honor; honorably; honorable
  • batlh - n - honor
  • batlhHa` - adv - dishonorably
  • bav - v - orbit; circumference
  • baw` - v - be comfortable, be feeling prepared, be confident [as in being comfortable going on a journey or comfortable about an upcoming battle]
  • baw`Ha` - v - be uncomfortable, be worried, be hesitant [as in being uncomfortable going on a journey or uncomfortable about an upcoming battle]
  • bay - n - Klingon ~b~ sound
  • baylaD - n - slice [the chunk cut off as the result of quH]
  • bay`eS - n - inferior, subordinate
  • ba` - v - sit
  • ba`qIn - n - saddle [This refers to the seat strapped to the back of an animal]
  • ba`Suq - n - bubble
  • beb - n - roof
  • beb mutlhwI` - n - roofer
  • bech - v - suffer
  • begh - n - deflectors
  • begh botjan - n - deflector shields
  • beH - n - rifle
  • bej - v - be sure; be definite; be positive; be certain [slang]
  • bej - v - watch
  • beq - n - crew; crewman; member (of a crew, etc.)
  • beqpuj - n - type of mineral; ~bekpuj~ [bright orange in color]
  • bel - n - pleasure
  • bel - v - be pleased
  • bel Qu` - n - hobby
  • belghIya` - n - Belgium
  • belHa` - v - be displeased
  • belHa``a` qIvonlIj? - excl - Do you need to go to the bathroom
  • bem - n - sole of foot
  • ben - n - years ago; years old
  • bep - n - agony
  • bep - v - complain; object; gripe
  • beQ - v - be flat
  • ber - v - ovulate, undergo ovulation
  • bergh - v - be irritable
  • berImyu`Da - n - Bermuda
  • berlIn - n - Berlin
  • bertlham - n - ending; final portion [of a song; play; story etc.]
  • bertlham `echlet - n - back cover
  • bertlham taymey - n - epilogue
  • beSbal - n - baseball [the sport]
  • beSbal moQ - n - baseball [the ball]
  • bet - v - impale
  • betgham - n - liquid (state of matter)
  • bettI` - n - aluminum, aluminium
  • betleH - n - type of hand weapon; ~bat'leth~
  • betleH bey` - n - ~bat'leth~ display
  • betleH `obe` - n - Order of the ~Bat'leth~
  • bewbeb - n - baobab
  • bewSom - n - mixture of ingredients that, after a bit of time, produces fermented HIq
  • bewSom pa` - n - brewery [room]
  • bewSom qach - n - brewery [building]
  • bey - n - howl; wail
  • beylI` - n - bank
  • beynen - n - Benin
  • bey` - n - ceremonial display
  • be` - n - female; woman; girl (young woman)
  • be`avrI`qa` - n - South Africa
  • be`Hom - n - girl (female child)
  • be`joy` - n - torture-by-women [ritualized torture of prisoners; performed by
  • be`nal - n - wife
  • be`nI` - n - sister
  • be`nI` be`nal - n sister-in-law (wife's sister)
  • be`nI` loDnal - n - brother-in-law (husband's sister)
  • be`nI`nal - n - sister-in-law
  • bID - n - half
  • bIghHa` - n - prison; jail
  • bIH - pro - they; them [incapable of language]
  • bIj - n - punishment
  • bIj - v - punish
  • bIlemtan - n - whim
  • bIlIs ngutlhmey - n - Blissymbolics
  • bIm - n - second tone of nonatonic musical scale
  • bIng - n - area below; area under
  • bInglan - n - hypothesis
  • bIp - num - hundred thousand [number-forming element]
  • bIqIynIy - n - bikini
  • bIQ - n - water
  • bIQ bal - n - water jug
  • bIQ beb - n - surface of water
  • bIQ Duj - n - ship; boat
  • bIQ ghaywI` - n - shower
  • bIQ ghaywI` pa` - n - shower room
  • bIQ ghItmoHwI` - n - fountain
  • bIQ Hurgh Duj - n - submarine
  • bIQ notron - n - waterfall
  • bIQ SeHjan - n - faucet
  • bIQDep - n - fish
  • bIQSIp - n - hydrogen
  • bIQSIp `ugh - n - deuterium isotope
  • bIQtIq - n - river
  • bIQyIn - n - cookie sandwich (two chabHommey stuck together)
  • bIQ`a` - n - ocean; sea
  • bIQ`a` HeH - n - beach
  • bIQ`a` qIj - n - Black Sea
  • bIr - v - be cold
  • bIraqlul - n - ~brak'lul~ [redundancy in body parts]
  • bIraSIw - n - Brazil
  • bIreqtal - n - ~Brek'tal~ ritual
  • bIreQtagh - n - bregit lung
  • bIre`tanya - n - Brittany
  • bIrI`tIS qolambIya - n - British Columbia
  • bIroqlIy majaj - n - broccoli
  • bIS`ub - n - bottom [interior bottom]
  • bIt - v - be nervous; be uneasy
  • bItlh - v - adapt to, get used to, acclimatize to, conform to, become adjusted to
  • bIv - v - break [rules]
  • bIyelaruS - n - Belarus
  • bI` - v - sweep [away]; wipe away something (like sweat from the forehead)
  • bI`raD - n - dough, batter
  • bI`rel - n - ~B'rel~ class [vessel]
  • bI`rel tlharghDuj - n - B'rel-class Scout
  • bI`reS - n - beginning [of a song; play; story etc.]
  • bI`reS `echlet - n - front cover
  • bI`reS taymey - n - prologue
  • bo - n - feather; penne
  • bobcho` - n - module
  • bobDar - n - splash bobDar tlhen to splash
  • boch - v - shine; be shiny
  • bochmoHwI` - n - sycophant; flatterer [slang]
  • boD - n - forehead [regional]
  • bogh - v - be born
  • boghoy - n - procession, parade, march
  • boH - v - be impatient
  • boj - v - nag
  • bol - v - drool; leak (of a leaking liquid, used of a slow or minor leak)
  • bolwI` - n - traitor [slang]
  • bom - n - song; chant
  • bom - v - sing; chant bom; puq rur sing falsetto
  • bom mu` - n - lyric; lyrics
  • bomwI` - n - singer
  • bon - v - share with [B-vaD C bon A: A shares C with B]
  • bong - adv - accidentally; by accident
  • bop - v - be about [something]; be concerned with
  • boq - n - alliance; bloc; coalition; fusion
  • boq - v - ally with; form an alliance with; used in math for addition [used in math: boq for addition]
  • boq Hol - n - pidgin, creole, contact language
  • boq ru` - n - coalition
  • boqHar - n - miracle, wonder [you can say qaStaH boqHarmey!]
  • boqHa` - v - dissociate from; used in math for subtraction [used in math: boqHa` for subtraction]
  • boqHa``egh - v - used in math for division [used in math: X-logh boqHa``egh Y for division]
  • boqrat - n - type of animal; ~bokrat~
  • boqyIn - n - symbiont (takes the plural -pu', because even if the symbiont does not have a mouth to speak, it still carries a person's mind capable of language. Okrand made clear the definition is not capable of speech (i.e. having a mouth to speak), but capable of language, which is the capability to communicate. If the symbiont part is regarded as a parasite, you might use -mey.)
  • boq`egh - v - used in math for multiplication [used in math: X-logh boq`egh Y for multiplication]
  • boQ - n - aid; assistance; support
  • boQ - n - aide
  • boQ - v - assist; support
  • boQ Hol - n - pidgin, creole, contact language
  • boQDu` - n - aide-de-camp
  • bor - v - gurgle [sound from stomach]
  • borgh - n - Borg
  • borghel - n - type of bird [very small; its eggs are considered quite txsty]
  • borqu` - v - thunder [slang]
  • bortaS - n - revenge
  • bortaS DIb - n - Right of Vengeance
  • boS - v - collect
  • boSnayHercheghovIna - n - Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • boSporoS - n - Bosporus
  • bot - v - prevent; block; prohibit; intercept
  • botjan - n - shields [force field on ship]
  • botlh - n - center; middle; median [of a group of numbers]
  • bov - n - era
  • bov tIQ - n - prehistoric era; primeval times
  • bo`Dagh - n - scoop; scooping implement [to serve food]
  • bo`Degh - n - bird
  • bo`DIj - n - court
  • bo`DIj nompuq - n - forensic evidence
  • bo`DIj qaD - n - lawsuit
  • bo`ghey - n - slope (of a mountain)
  • bo`voD - n - drawer
  • buchwa`na - n - Botswana
  • buD - v - be lazy
  • buj - v - be neither warm nor cool
  • bulvar - n - monk, nun [gender-neutral; works like maqlegh]
  • bum - v - absorb (e.g. absorb liquid, not absorb information)
  • bup - v - quit
  • buq - n - bag, sack, pouch, pocket
  • buqjaj - n - Friday
  • buq`ach - n - trombone-like Klingon instrument
  • buq`Ir - n - cube
  • buQ - v - threaten
  • bur - v - hiccup bur DIS we have/had a leap year
  • burgh - n - stomach
  • burgh quD - n - naturally produced ~qud~
  • burqIyna`vaSo - n - Burkina Faso
  • burrI'to - n - burrito
  • buS - v - concentrate on; focus on; think only about
  • buSHa` - v - ignore; not focus [on]
  • buSHach - n - thought, notion
  • but - v - be natural
  • butnat - n - plutonium
  • butlh - n - dirt under fingernails
  • buv - n - classification
  • buv - v - classify
  • buy` - v - be full; be filled up
  • buy` ngop - excl - good news; it's good to hear that [slang]
  • bu` - n - sergeant

ch

  • cha - n - torpedoes
  • chab - n - invention; innovation [slang]
  • chab - n - pie; tart; dumpling
  • chabal - n - something desired or requested
  • chabHom - n - cookie
  • chach - n - emergency
  • chach - v - be auxiliary; be for backup use
  • chach Duj - n - ambulance
  • chaD - n - Chad
  • chaDvay` - n - radio frequency; Hertz [unit of frequency]
  • chang`eng - n - pair
  • chagh - v - drop
  • chaH - pro - they; them [capable of using language]
  • chaj - n - close female friend of a female
  • chal - n - sky
  • chalqach - n - tower
  • chal bIQ - n - rain
  • chal chuch - n - snow [A solid block of ice would be chuch ngogh. For shaved ice or the kind of ice in a snow cone or smoothie, chuch is usually sufficient.]
  • cham - n - technology
  • chamwI` - n - technician
  • chan - n - area eastward; area towards the east
  • chanDoq - n - marinade
  • chanmon - n - diamond (the gemstone)
  • chang - v - be gelatinous
  • chap - n - back [of hand]
  • chap - v - be official, authenticated, authorized, legitimate
  • chap baQpel - n - variant of baQpel with overhand grip, palms face away
  • chap choQpel - n - pull-up (overhand grip, palms face away)
  • chaq - adv - perhaps; maybe
  • chaQ - v - thrust upward with end of ~bat'leth~
  • char - v - be slimy
  • chargh - v - conquer
  • charghwI` - n - victor; conqueror
  • chaS - n - top [of cane or walking stick]
  • chatlh - n - nonsense; balderdash [slang]
  • chatlh - n - soup [thick]
  • chav - n - achievement
  • chav - v - achieve
  • chaw` - n - permit; ticket
  • chaw` - v - allow; permit
  • chaw` ngoq - n - password, passphrase, passcode
  • chay - n - Klingon ~ch~ sound
  • chayqa` - n - esophagus
  • chay` - q - how?
  • cha` - num - two
  • cha` - v - show; display [picture]; project
  • cha`bIp - num - two hundred thousand
  • cha`bIp - n - type of bird [noted for its speed]
  • cha`bIpDIch - num - two hundred thousand
  • cha`bIp`uy` - num - two hundred billion
  • cha`bIp`uy`DIch - num - two hundred billionth
  • cha`DaSvI` - n - a Klingon game that is similar to golf in that it involves precisely aiming a projectile
  • cha`DIch - n - aide; second
  • cha`DIch - num - second
  • cha`Do` - n - type of bird [about which little is known]
  • cha`Hu` - n - day before yesterday
  • cha`leS - n - day after tomorrow
  • cha`logh - adv - twice
  • cha`maH - num - twenty
  • cha`maHDIch - num - twentieth
  • cha`maHSaghan - num - twenty billion
  • cha`maHSaghanDIch - num - twenty billionth
  • cha`maH`uy` - num - twenty million
  • cha`maH`uy`DIch - num - twenty millionth
  • cha`naS - n - type of bird [small; digs up bugs to eat]
  • cha`neH - n - forearm
  • cha`netlh - num - twenty thousand
  • cha`netlhDIch - num - twenty thousandth
  • cha`netlh`uy` - num - twenty billion
  • cha`netlh`uy`DIch - num - twenty billionth
  • cha`nob - n - ritual gifts
  • cha`par - n - type of bird [noted for its song]
  • cha`puj - n - dilithium
  • cha`pujqut - n - dilithium crystal
  • cha`qu` - n - type of bird [with a noisy; repetitive cry]
  • cha`SaD - num - two thousand
  • cha`SaDbIp - num - two thousand million
  • cha`SaDbIpDIch - num - two thousand millionth
  • cha`SaDDIch - num - two thousandth
  • cha`SaDSaghan - num - two trillion
  • cha`SaDSaghanDIch - num - two trillionth
  • cha`Saghan - num - two billion
  • cha`SaghanDIch - num - two billionth
  • cha`SanID - num - two thousand
  • cha`SanIDbIp - num - two thousand million
  • cha`SanIDbIpDIch - num - two thousand millionth
  • cha`SanIDDIch - num - two thousandth
  • cha`SanIDSaghan - num - two trillion
  • cha`SanIDSaghanDIch - num - two trillionth
  • cha`vatlh - num - two hundred
  • cha`vatlhbIp - num - twenty million
  • cha`vatlhbIpDIch - num - twenty millionth
  • cha`vatlhDIch - num - two hundredth
  • cha`vatlhSaghan - num - two hundred billion
  • cha`vatlhSaghanDIch - num - two hundred billionth
  • cha`vatlh`uy` - num - two hundred million
  • cha`vatlh`uyDIch - num - two hundred millionth
  • cha``etlh pe`wI` - n - scissors
  • cha``etlh DaSwI` - n - pair of tweezers
  • cha``uy` - num - two million
  • cha``uy`DIch - num - two millionth
  • cheb - n - ~cheb~ [unit of weight]
  • cheb`a` - n - big ~cheb~ [unit of weight]
  • chech - v - be drunk; be intoxicated
  • chechtlhutlh - n - type of liquor; ~chech'tluth~
  • chegh - v - return [to]
  • cheH - v - defect
  • chej - n - liver
  • chel - v - add
  • chelwI` - n - accountant; financier [slang]
  • chem - v - prank
  • chemvaH - n - type of animal; ~chemvah~
  • chen - v - build up; take form
  • chenHa` meyrI' - v - fail to climax (slang), lit. "the square malforms"
  • chenmoH - v - form; make; create
  • chenmoHwI` - n - creator; maker
  • chen`ong - n - maze
  • chep - v - prosper; be prosperous
  • cheq - v - tornado [You can also say ver SuS`a` "a tornado happens" (literally: "the big wind spirals"). ver SuS (or ver SuSHom) would most likely refer to a whirlwind.]
  • cher - v - establish; set up
  • chergh - v - tolerate
  • chertIS - n - mint, menthoid plant
  • chertIS Sawqe` - n - mint candy, candy mint (chertIS, of course, is a Klingon plant, but its taste resembles Terran peppermint. It also resembles Terran spearmint.)
  • chertIS Su`ghar Sawqe` - n - mint candy, candy mint (chertIS, of course, is a Klingon plant, but its taste resembles Terran peppermint. It also resembles Terran spearmint.)
  • cheS - n - an animal with long ears, similar to an Earth rabbit
  • cheS Hol - n - Tsez (language)
  • cheSqa` - n - Czech Republic
  • cheSvel - n - coat; jacket [general term] [regional]
  • cheSvel - n - type of coat
  • chetvI` - n - ~chetvi~; spear-throwing device
  • chetvI` - n - torpedo tube
  • chev - v - separate
  • chevwI` tlhoy` - n - territorial wall [e.g. Berlin Wall]
  • cheyIS - n - cephalopod, a squid-like Klingon animal
  • che` - v - rule; reign; run; preside
  • che`ron - n - battlefield
  • chI - v - menstruate, undergo menstruation
  • chIch - adv - purposely; on purpose; intentionally
  • chID - v - admit
  • chIj - v - navigate
  • chIjwI` - n - navigator
  • chIl - v - lose; misplace
  • chIm - v - be empty; be deserted; be uninhabited; be drained
  • chIp - v - cut; trim [hair] jIb chIplu`bogh The hair is short.
  • chIpwI` - n - hairdresser
  • chIq - v - cross, transverse
  • chIrgh - n - temple [structure]
  • chIrnagho`ra - n - Montenegro
  • chIS - v - be white
  • chItlh - v - be symmetrical
  • chIvo` - n - total dishonor, absolute lack of honor
  • chIw - v - express, embody, exude, epitomize
  • chI`ID - n - uterus, womb
  • chI`le - n - Chile
  • chI`lIy - n - chili (This is used when referring to a prepared dish (chili con carne; chili for short or when there's no meat in it). It's not used for a pepper by itself.)
  • chob - n - corridor
  • chob`a` - n - main corridor
  • choghvat - n - stairway leading to door of a ship; gangplank; porch
  • choghvat pa` - n - porch
  • choH - n - change
  • choH - v - alter; change
  • chol - v - close in; get closer (to); come nearer [-Daq is not needed on its object]
  • choljaH - n - ponytail holder
  • chom - n - bartender
  • chon - n - hunt
  • chon bom - n - hunting song
  • chonnaQ - n - hunting spear
  • chontay - n - ritual hunt
  • chong - excl - good; excellent; admirable [slang]
  • chong - v - be profound; be thorough; be careful [slang]
  • chong - v - be vertical
  • chongHa` - v - be italic [typeface]
  • chop - v - bite
  • choptaH - v - gnaw
  • choq - v - preserve; save
  • choQ - n - deck [on a ship]
  • choQpel - n - pull-up
  • chor - n - belly
  • chor - n - ceramic flat-bottomed pot [regional]
  • chor bargh - n - ceramic flat-bottomed pot [regional]
  • chorgh - n - eight tone of nonatonic musical scale
  • chorgh - num - eight
  • chorgh - v - glossy
  • chorgh reD mey` - n - octagon
  • chorgh reD `Impey` - n - pyramid [with eight-sided base]
  • chorghbIp - num - eight hundred thousand
  • chorghbIpDIch - num - eight hundred thousandth
  • chorghbIp`uy` - num - eight hundred billion
  • chorghbIp`uy`DIch - num - eight hundred billionth
  • chorghDIch - num - eighth
  • chorghmaH - num - eighty
  • chorghmaHDIch - num - eightieth
  • chorghmaHSaghan - num - eighty billion
  • chorghmaHSaghanDIch - num - eighty billionth
  • chorghmaH`uy` - num - eighty million
  • chorghmaH`uy`DIch - num - eighty millionth
  • chorghnetlh - num - eighty thousand
  • chorghnetlhDIch - num - eighty thousandth
  • chorghnetlh`uy` - num - eighty billion
  • chorghnetlh`uy`DIch - num - eighty billionth
  • chorghSaD - num - eight thousand
  • chorghSaDbIp - num - eight thousand million
  • chorghSaDbIpDIch - num - eight thousand millionth
  • chorghSaDDIch - num - eight thousandth
  • chorghSaDSaghan - num - eight trillion
  • chorghSaDSaghanDIch - num - eight trillionth
  • chorghSaghan - num - eight billion
  • chorghSaghanDIch - num - eight billionth
  • chorghSanID - num - eight thousand
  • chorghSanIDbIp - num - eight thousand million
  • chorghSanIDbIpDIch - num - eight thousand millionth
  • chorghSanIDDIch - num - eight thousandth
  • chorghSanIDSaghan - num - eight trillion
  • chorghSanIDSaghanDIch - num - eight trillionth
  • chorghvatlh - num - eight hundred
  • chorghvatlhbIp - num - eighty million
  • chorghvatlhbIpDIch - num - eighty millionth
  • chorghvatlhDIch - num - eight hundredth
  • chorghvatlhSaghan - num - eight hundred billion
  • chorghvatlhSaghanDIch - num - eight hundred billionth
  • chorghvatlh`uy` - num - eight hundred million
  • chorghvatlh`uyDIch - num - eight hundred millionth
  • chorgh`uy` - num - eight million
  • chorgh`uy`DIch - num - eight millionth
  • choS - n - twilight
  • choS - v - desert
  • choSan - n - Korea; North Korea
  • choSom - n - quartz
  • chot - v - murder
  • chotmang - n - assassination
  • chotwI` - n - murderer
  • chotlh - v - stare at, gaze at; observe; stare off into space, zone out; ogle
  • chov - v - assess; evaluate
  • chovnatlh - n - specimen
  • cho` - n - succession
  • cho` - v - succeed [to authority]
  • cho`nI`yoH - n - animism
  • chuch - n - ice
  • chuch mIl`oD - n - polar bear
  • chuch `aplom - n - hailstone
  • chuD - n people, kin, member of the same group or tribe or clan (very similar to vInDa')
  • chuH - v - explain clearly to; clarify for; specify for [slang]
  • chuH - v - throw [a spear] at; hurl [a spear] at
  • chuHchu` - v - hit with a thrown spear
  • chul - v - be wise (refers to demonstrating good judgment based on experience, not just intelligence or book-learning)
  • chum - v - be colorful
  • chun - v - be innocent
  • chunDab - n - meteor
  • chung - v - accelerate
  • chungHa`wI` - n - brake
  • chup - v - recommend; suggest
  • chuq - n - range; distance
  • chuq`a` - n - long range
  • chuq`a` leghwI` - n - space telescope [This is like the Hubble, not a Hov tut.]
  • chuQun - n - nobility (noble people)
  • chur - v - be uncomfortable [because of clothes, room temperature, etc. (involved with physical unpleasantness)]
  • churHa` - v - be comfortable [because of clothes, room temperature, etc. (involved with physical pleasantness)]
  • chuS - v - be noisy
  • chuS`ugh - n - type of musical instrument
  • chuSwI` - n - type of rodent that lives underground and makes annoying noise
  • chut - n - law
  • chut qeSwI` - n - lawyer
  • chuv - v - be left over
  • chuv - n - leftover (also used for money change); particle (grammatical)
  • chuvmey - n - leftovers [grammatical term]
  • chuy - v - sneeze
  • chuyDaH - n - thrusters
  • chu` - v - be new
  • chu` - v - engage; activate [a device]
  • chu` - v - play [a musical instrument]
  • chu`wI` - n - player [of an instrument]
  • chu`wI` - n - trigger

D

  • Da - v - behave as; act in the manner of
  • Dab - v - dwell in/at; reside in/at
  • DabaHa'maS - n - the Bahamas
  • DabqI` - n - mud, clay, putty
  • Dach - v - be absent
  • Dach - v - be not attentive; be distracted; lack focus; not pay
  • DaghambIya` - n - the Gambia
  • Daghtuj - n - mixture of animal parts; animal parts mixed together
  • DaH - adv - now
  • DaH - n - bank; array [of weapons]
  • DaHjaj - n - today
  • DaHjaj gheD - n - dish in a restaurant; "catch of the day"
  • DaHpem - n - today (during daytime)
  • DaHpo - n this morning
  • DaHpov - n this afternoon
  • DaHram - n - tonight
  • Daj - v - be interesting
  • Daj - v - test inconclusively
  • Dal - v - be boring
  • Dam - v - regard as, view as, consider (treat somebody like) [For example: HumanvaD 'urwI' wIDam we treat the human as a traitor; 'urwI' ghaH 'e' vIDam I consider him (to be) a traitor.]
  • DamSayrotlh - n - animal like a hippopotamus
  • Damu` - n - crease
  • Dan - v - occupy [military term]
  • DannI` - n - headphones
  • Dang - v - focus [Make (an image) less blurry; This is used where the subject focuses an object: "I focus my eyes", "I focus the camera", "I was so drunk I couldn't focus my eyes". Objects cannot focus themselves. "My eyes focus" is wrong.]
  • Dap - n - nonsense
  • Dap bom - n - nonsense song
  • Daq - v - eavesdrop
  • Daq - n - site; location; place
  • Daq noy - n - landmark (not a building)
  • Daqav - n - bay, inlet, cove
  • DaqQeD - n - parapsychology
  • Daqrab - n - well (constructed and/or dug)
  • Daqtagh - n - warrior's knife; ~d'k tahg~
  • Daqturaq - n - d'akturak (someone with an "icy" demeanor; especially as a tough negotiator)
  • DaQ - n - ponytail
  • DarDogh - n - clone
  • Dargh - n - tea
  • Dargh HIvje` - n - teacup
  • DarSeq - n - ~darsek~ [unit of currency]
  • DaS - n - boot
  • DaSjaj - n - Monday
  • DaSpu` - n - boot spike
  • Dat - n - everywhere; all places
  • Dav - v - be swaying; be moving left or right [aircraft moving without
  • DavHam - n - false honor
  • DawI` - n - actor; actress
  • Daw` - n - revolt; revolution
  • Daw` - v - revolt
  • Day - v - compare (The object is always plural, frequently in the form A B je. If the comparison is being made between two (or more) of the same thing, the noun's plural suffix is generally not used: targh vIDay "I compare targs (to each other).")
  • Day - n - Klingon ~D~ sound
  • DayabI`tIS rop - n - diabetes
  • DayabI`tIS rop cha` - n - type 2 diabetes
  • DayabI`tIS rop wa` - n - type 1 diabetes
  • DaynguH - n - testicle
  • DayqIr - n - honey
  • DayqIr maqSung - n - honeybee
  • DayquS - n - type of plant; dikus plant
  • Da` - n - corporal [rank]
  • Da`ar - n - Dahar-Master
  • Da`lar - n - dollar
  • Da`nal - n - type of bird [characterized by erratic; unpredictable behavior]
  • Da`vI` - n - type of bird [characterized by erratic; unpredictable behavior]
  • Deb - n - desert
  • Dech - v - surround
  • Degh - n - helm
  • Degh - n - medal; emblem; symbol; insignia
  • Degh - v - act without a plan; improvise [slang]
  • DeghwI` - n - helmsman
  • DeH - v - be ripe; be overripe [fruit; vegetable]
  • Dej - v - collapse
  • Del - v - describe
  • Dem - v - be clear, transparent, uncolored
  • DenIb - n - Denebia
  • DenIb Qatlh - n - Denebian slime devil
  • DenIbngan - n - Denebian
  • DenIbya` - n - Denebia
  • DenIbya` Qatlh - n - Denebian slime devil
  • DenIbya`ngan - n - Denebian
  • Denmargh - n - Denmark
  • Dep - n - being [nonhumanoid]
  • Deq - v - be erstwhile, former, prior, ex- Deq HoD. The captain is history.
  • DeQ - n - credit [unit of currency]
  • Der - v - be yawing; be turning [aircraft move nose left or right]
  • Dergh - v - surrender (s.th.), relinquish, give away, let go of
  • DerlIq - n - chest, crate, trunk
  • Deryat - n - program, agenda, schedule (not used for "program" in the sense of playbill)
  • DeS - n - arm [body part]
  • DeS - n - handle; ax handle
  • DeS nev`ob - n - upper arm
  • DeS reStav - n - forearm
  • DeS tutren - n - inside of the elbow
  • DeSqIv - n - elbow
  • DeSwar - n - closet, cupboard, cabinet, fixed storage device
  • DeSwar bIr - n - refrigerator
  • Dev - v - lead; guide
  • DevwI` - n - leader
  • De` - n - data; information
  • De` chu` ghItlh - n - newspaper
  • De` jengva` - n - compact disk; CD
  • De` QulwI` - n - librarian
  • De`chel - adv - by the way, parenthetically
  • De`lor - n - drxpstone (stalactite or stalagmite)
  • De`wI` - n - computer
  • De`wI`Hom - n - laptop, portable computer
  • De`wI` tIS - n - laptop, portable computer
  • DI - n - litter; rubble; debris; garbage
  • DIb - n - privilege; right
  • DIch - n - certainty
  • DID - v - be stereotypical
  • DIDmoH - v - stereotype, speak of or refer to X in stereotypical terms
  • DIgh - v - undertake, deal with, take care of
  • DIghna` - n - type of plant (like a poppy)
  • DIj - v - slide sword blade along opponent's blade
  • DIj - v - use a pigment stick; paint with pigment stick
  • DIl - v - pay for
  • DIlyum - n - trillium
  • DIl`on - n - saltpeter
  • DIn - n - entryway [to a tunnel; conduit; etc.; not a door]
  • DIng - v - spin
  • DIngwI` - 'n - turntable (This is a slang term for the device and the most common way to refer to it.)
  • DIp - n - noun
  • DIr - n - skin
  • DIr bID - n - kilt-like garment
  • DIr qanwI` taS - n - suntan lotion
  • DIr paH bID - n - kilt-like garment [DIr bID is sufficient if the context is clear.]
  • DIr rop - n - a specific skin disease from the time of Kahless (not a general term for diseases)
  • DIr tutlh - n - tattoo
  • DIr `In - n - drum [percussion instrument with a stretched animal skin]
  • DIreS`en - n - Dresden
  • DIron - n - bagpipes
  • DIS - n - cave
  • DIS - n - year [Klingon]
  • DIS - v - confess
  • DISjaj - n - anniversary
  • DItroy` - n - Detroit
  • DItlh - v - be unavenged
  • DItlhHa` - v - be avenged
  • DItlhon - n - ruby
  • DIv - v - be guilty
  • DIvI` - n - federation; organization; association; league; union
  • DIvI`may`Duj - n - Federation battle cruiser
  • DIy - v - be stuck [like when you can't get a door open or a window open]
  • DI` - v - edit, revise, correct, modify
  • DI`on - n - characteristic, trait
  • DI`raq - n - animal like a sheep
  • DI`ruj - n - reality
  • DI`ruj QeD - n - metaphysics
  • DI`ruj tej - n - metaphysician
  • DI`ruj velqa` nIqHom - n - virtual reality software
  • Do - n - velocity; speed
  • Do qaD - n - race [contest of speed]
  • Do Qe` - n - velocity restaurant; fast-food restaurant; ~Dok'e~
  • Doch - n - thing
  • Doch - v - be rude
  • DochHa` - v - be polite, civil, courteous
  • DoD - n - mark [in coordinates]
  • Dogh - v - be foolish; be silly
  • Doghjey - n - unconditional surrender
  • DoH - v - back away from; back off; get away from
  • DoHmoH - v - drive back
  • Doj - n - batch, pile, heap, accumulation
  • Doj - v - be impressive
  • Doj tlhum - n - bundle
  • Dojmey - n - mass, masses, multitude, a very large but indeterminate group of something (people or otherwise)
  • Dol - n - entity; whole
  • Dol mI` - n - integer
  • Dom - n - radan [crude dilithium crystal]
  • Don - v - be parallel; go parallel to
  • DonHa` - v - be misaligned
  • Dop - n - side
  • Dop - v - be opposite, antithetical, contradictory; be negative (wej Dop minus three or negative three)
  • Doq - v - be orange; be red
  • Doq `ej SuD - v - be purple
  • Doq `ej wovbe` - v - be brown
  • Doqqu` `ej wov - v - be pink
  • DoQ - v - claim [territory]
  • DoQmIv - n - sink for cleaning hands, face, food, etc
  • DoQmIv`a` - n - bathtub, swimming pool [when needed, distinguish by qualifiers: Say`moHmeH DoQmIv`a`, QalmeH DoQmIv`a`]
  • Dor - v - come to an end [about period of time; e.g. month; year]
  • Dor - v - escort
  • DoS - n - target
  • Dotrar - n - constellation
  • Dotra1qIy Hol - n - Dothraki
  • Dotlh - n - status
  • Dov`agh - n - flute; fife
  • DoyIchlan - n - Germany
  • DoylI` - n - cart [vehicle that is pushed or pulled, often with two wheels (but can have any number)]
  • Doy` - v - be tired
  • Doy`yuS - n - Troyius
  • Do` - adv - luckily; with luck
  • Do` - v - be fortunate; be lucky
  • Do`ghI` - n - calf (body part)
  • Do`Ha` - adv - unfortunately
  • Do`Ha` - v - be unfortunate; be unlucky
  • Do`natu vagh - n - Donatu V [planet name]
  • Do`ol - n - sand [refers to sand as found in the desert or on a beach. It's not used for dirt.]
  • Do`ol HuD - n - dune
  • Do`ol raS`IS - n - grain of sand
  • Do`ol na` - n - salt (culinary, halite)
  • Dub - n - back [of body]
  • Dub - v - improve
  • DuD - v - mix
  • DuDwI` - n - stirring stick; mixing stick
  • Dugh - v - be vigilant
  • DughrI` - n - skull
  • DuH - n - possibility; option
  • DuH - v - be possible
  • DuHmor - n - palace (particularly elegant or grand castle)
  • DuHSum - n - lobster
  • Duj - n - instincts
  • Duj - n - ship; vessel
  • Duj ngaDHa` - n - irresponsible person; undisciplined person [slang]
  • DujtlhuQ - n - star (shape)
  • DujtlhuQ bIQDep - n - starfish
  • Dul - v - sigh [this verb takes no object]
  • Dum - v - nap
  • Dun - v - be wonderful; be great
  • Dung - n - area above; area overhead
  • DungluQ - n - noon
  • Dup - n - strategy
  • Duq - n - bowl [small]
  • Duq - v - be stunned, be shocked [in the sense of astonished, astounded, dumbfounded, shocked (stronger than yay)]
  • DuQ - v - stab
  • DuQ - v - touch; move [emotionally]
  • DuQwI` - n - spike
  • DuQwI`Hommey - n - small spikes on the ~d'k tahg~ pommel
  • Duran - n - Durani (planet)
  • Duran lung - n - Durani lizard
  • Duran lung DIr - n - Durani lizard skins [type of food; never takes plural suffix]
  • Durghang - n - lock [physical device; requires a key or a code to open]
  • Durghang qung - n - keyhole
  • DuS - n - torpedo tube
  • DuSaQ - n - school
  • DuSchoHer - n - enzyme
  • Dut - v - slam down (object is the thing slammed down); stress, emphasize
  • Duv - v - advance
  • Duy - n - agent; emissary
  • Duy` - n - defect
  • Duy` - v - be defective
  • Duy`a` - n - ambassador
  • Du` - n - farm
  • Du` naH - n - produce
  • Du`Hom - n - garden
  • Du`Hom mI` - n - random number (slang)
  • Du`Qam - n - type of flower (bigger than your normal everyday Du'QamHom)
  • Du`QamHom - n - type of flower (closest Klingon equivalent to a sunflower)
  • Du`ran - n - philtrum

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gh

  • ghab - v - kill (when on a hunt) [HoH is a general word for kill. ghab means kill as a result of hunting (thus the hunt was a successful one) or when the killing is the result of a planned-out process.]
  • ghab - n - meat from midsection of animal
  • ghab tun - n - meat from midsection of animal; no bones [regional]
  • ghabon - n - Gabon
  • ghach - v - lurk, lie in wait, lie low (ready to ambush, for example, hidden but posing a threat)
  • ghagh - v - gargle
  • ghaH - pro - he; she; him; her
  • ghaj - v - have; possess
  • ghajwI` - n - owner
  • ghal - v - be jealous [of]; envy
  • ghalmov - n - compound (chemical)
  • gham - n - limb [of an animal]
  • ghan - v - be hectic, very active, lively
  • ghan - v - glance at, take a quick look at
  • ghanHa` - v - be peaceful, calm
  • ghanjaq - n - mace [stick; club]
  • ghanjaq chuS - n - rattle (baby's toy)
  • ghanroq - n - basis/foundation [underlying support for an idea, argument, or process, depending on context, could also be meq or qolqoS]
  • ghantoH - n - model; example; pattern
  • ghang - v - prematurely end [an event; e.g. a voyage; battle; song]
  • ghangwI` - n - horizon
  • ghan`ach - n - seizure (epileptic)
  • ghan`Iq - n - police (force)
  • ghan`Iq yaS n - police officer
  • ghap - conj - or; either/or
  • ghapqa` - n - jaw [May be used for things that resemble anatomical jaws. In such cases, the plural remains ghapqa'Du'.]
  • ghaptal - n - equator
  • ghaq - v - contribute; support [financially]
  • ghaQpey` - n - sex (biological -- this means how a body is originally constructed; male, female, or whatever type of biological sex the species has]
  • ghar - n - diplomacy
  • ghar - v - conduct diplomacy
  • ghargh - n - serpent; worm
  • gharlIq `oQqar - n - garlic
  • gharwI` - n - diplomat
  • ghaS - v - indicate, signal; Y ghaS X (mu`) [the word] X means Y
  • ghatlh - v - dominate
  • ghatlhchu`ghach - n - monopoly
  • ghav - n - carbon
  • ghav `uSqan - n - steel
  • ghaw - v - excavate, dig (a hole, trench, ditch, etc.) [use ghaw when the object is the resulting hole; use tlhan when the object is the material being removed]
  • ghaw` - n - ~igvah~ liver soup
  • ghaw` - n - gum (oral anatomy) (slang)
  • ghaw` - n - insecure one; one full of self-doubt; self-doubter [regional;
  • ghay - n - Klingon ~gh~ sound
  • ghay - v - spray; bombard; rain down
  • ghaytan - adv - likely; probably
  • ghaytanHa` - adv - unlikely
  • ghay`cha` - excl - [general invective]
  • gha`cher - n - goat-like creature [Closest Klingon goat analogue]
  • gha`na - n - Ghana
  • gha`tlhIq - n - ode of respect
  • gheb - n - horn [musical instrument]
  • gheD - n - prey
  • ghegh - v - be rough
  • gheH - v - have a temperature of [typical object is a number of SImyon degrees]
  • ghel - v - ask [a question]
  • ghem - n - midnight snack
  • ghene`Da - n - Grenada
  • ghenlan n - Greenland
  • ghenraq - n - orchestra [This is for a reasonably large group of instrumentalists. A more general term for a group (of any size) playing music is just QoQ ghom.]
  • ghep - v - hug, embrace
  • gher - v - formulate; compile; pull together
  • gher`ID - n - results, outcome, effect, repercussions, consequence, ramification ["results" with the sense of "score, tally" is mIvwa`mey]
  • gheS - v - assume duties of; take on responsibilities of
  • ghet - v - pretend; role-play
  • ghetwI` - n - pretender
  • ghevchoq Sep - n - Gevchok region
  • ghevI` - n - sauce for ~gagh~
  • ghevjur - n - shovel
  • ghew - n - bug; cootie; cricket [ghewmey is slang for "punctuation marks".]
  • ghew Duj - n - helicopter (slang)
  • ghe` - v - be transformed, transmuted, metamorphosed, totally altered
  • ghe`naQ - n - opera
  • ghe`tor - n - ~Gre'thor~ [where spirits of dishonored go]
  • ghe``or - n - netherworld [where dishonored go]
  • ghghgh - excl - uh, umm
  • ghIb - v - consent
  • ghIch - n - nose
  • ghIchDep - n - fair, funfair, carnival, circus
  • ghID - v - pierce, perforate
  • ghIDwI` - n - perforating device (not like a hole punch)
  • ghIgh - n - assignment; task; duty [slang]
  • ghIgh - n - necklace
  • ghIgh yIvbeH - n - turtleneck
  • ghIH - v - be messy; be sloppy
  • ghIj - v - scare
  • ghIl - v - be the mean, be the average [arithmetic mean]
  • ghIlab ghew - n - glob fly
  • ghIlaSnoS - n - an ancient political movement
  • ghIm - v - exile
  • ghIn - n - monastery, religious community
  • ghIn pIn - n - abbot, abbess
  • ghInebISaw - n - Guinea-Bissau
  • ghIney`eqwatoryal - n - Equatorial Guinea
  • ghInjaj - n - Saturday [not used for formal occasions]
  • ghIntaq - n - battle spear; ~gin'tak~
  • ghIpDIj - v - court-martial
  • ghIq - adv - and then; after that; by then; subsequently
  • ghIqtal - excl - to the death [archaic]
  • ghIqtu - n - mathematical or chemical formula [representation in symbols]
  • ghIQ - v - vacation; take a vacation
  • ghIr - v - descend
  • ghIrep naH - n - grape
  • ghIS - v - wriggle, squirm
  • ghISDen - n - scales [animal covering]
  • ghISnar - n - grishnar cat
  • ghIt - n - ax blade; blade of axe
  • ghIt - n - open; flat hand
  • ghIt - v - flow (e.g., water), gush, spout; leak (of a leaking liquid: the fuel ~s)
  • ghItwI` - n - geyser [this is just "gusher, spouter"; if steam is emitted, say SeS ghItwI']
  • ghItlh - n - manuscript; mark; marks
  • ghItlh - v - write; engrave; incise; mark [upon]
  • ghItlh raS - n - desk
  • ghItlhjaj - n - Wednesday
  • ghItlhmeH Ho`DoS - n - writing system
  • ghItlhwI` - n - stylus; writing implement; pen; person who writes
  • ghItlhwI` `echlet - n - chalkboard, flip chart
  • ghIv - n - limb (of a person)
  • ghI`boj Sech - n - Torch of G'boj
  • ghI`neS - n - Guinness
  • ghI`nI - n - Guinea
  • ghI`van - n - gryphon
  • gho - n - circle
  • gho - n - hoop
  • gho lang - n - oval
  • gho paq - n - binder, notebook (something you can add and remove pages from)
  • gho SubmaH - n - pi
  • gho tut - n - cylinder
  • gho `Impey` - n - cone
  • ghob - n - ethics; virtue
  • ghob - v - fight; battle; do battle; wage war
  • ghobchuq loDnI`pu` - n - The Brothers Fight One Another [famous statue]
  • ghobe` - excl - no [answer to a question]
  • ghoch - n - destination
  • ghoch - v - track; track down
  • ghochwI` - n - the constellation "Tracker"
  • ghoD - v - stuff
  • ghogh - n - voice
  • ghogh HablI` - n - telephone
  • ghogh`ot - n - bill, payment request, something you must pay
  • ghoH - v - argue; dispute
  • ghoj - v - learn
  • ghojmeH ghItlhwI` - n - pencil
  • ghojmeH mIw - n - lesson [like in a textbook -- Lesson 1, Lesson 2, etc.]
  • ghojmeH taj - n - boy's knife
  • ghojmoH - v - teach; instruct
  • ghojmoq - n - nurse; nanny; governess
  • ghojwI` - n - student
  • ghol - n - opponent; adversary
  • gholeq - n - flake
  • ghom - n - group; party; band [in nonmusical sense] (used only of people)
  • ghom - v - meet; encounter; assemble; rendezvous
  • ghomaH - n - pi
  • ghomHa` - v - scatter; disperse
  • ghommeH yotlh - n - plaza, courtyard
  • ghom`a` - n - crowd
  • ghom`oH - n - slot, slit
  • ghon - v - sparkle, glitter
  • ghonDoq - n - type of knife [slender blade]
  • ghong - n - abuse
  • ghong - v - abuse; exploit [it does not refer to physical abuse]
  • ghop - n - hand
  • ghopDap - n - asteroid
  • ghop `etlh - n - hand sword (type of blade weapon)
  • ghoq - v - spy [on]
  • ghoqwI` - n - spy
  • ghoQ - v - be fresh; be just killed [meat]; be most recent [slang]
  • ghor - n - surface [of a planet]
  • ghor - v - break
  • ghorgh - q - when?
  • ghormaghenDer - n - gormagander
  • ghor`In - n - Gorn
  • ghoS - v - go onward; approach; go away from; proceed on a course; come;
  • ghoS - v - thrust (The object of ghoS is the thing that is thrust by the subject.)
  • ghot - n - person [humanoid]
  • ghotI` - n - fish
  • ghov - v - recognize
  • gho` - v - step on
  • gho`Do - n - sublight speed
  • gho`lIv - n - golf
  • gho`rIch - n - zit, acne, pimple
  • gho``ong - n - (magic) trick
  • ghu - n - baby
  • ghu ghanjaq chuS - n - rattle (baby's toy)
  • ghub - n - bud (the flower, fruit, or shoot before it develops)
  • ghubDaQ - n - firstborn
  • ghuch - v - climax, is not heard as frequently as a couple of slang expressions: meQ (literally, "burn") and HutmaH chav (literally, "achieve 90")
  • ghuD - v - fellow-X, be in common, be co- (Make use of the verb ghuD "be in common, be co-" (admittedly clumsy definitions). It's used in constructions such as HoDpu' ghuD (literally something like "in-common captains," but a better translation would be "co-captains" or "fellow captains"). One could also say ghuD HoDpu' (literally "the captains are in common" but it really means they share the same status and, perhaps, work together). ghojwI' ghuD would be "a fellow student." puqpu' ghuD might refer to children who are growing up together (whether related or not).)
  • ghugh - v - vocalize [referring to sound emitted by an animal, but not speech]
  • ghughugh - v - growl; speak with vocal fry
  • ghuH - n - alert
  • ghuH - v - prepare for; be alerted to
  • ghuHmoH - v - alert; warn
  • ghuj - v - pivot, swivel [what the doorknob does when you push it down]
  • ghujmoH - v - pivot, swivel [would you do to a doorknob]
  • ghul - n - bump, protuberance
  • ghum - n - alarm
  • ghum - v - alarm; sound an alarm
  • ghun - v - be warm
  • ghun - v - program [a computer] qav`ap DIlmeH beylI` mabwIj ghunlu`ta` My bank pays the fee automatically.
  • ghunta - n - check, promissory note, IOU [obsolescent]
  • ghung - v - be hungry
  • ghungHa` - v - not be hungry anymore
  • ghunglItlh - n - piston
  • ghup - v - swallow
  • ghuQ - n - poem
  • ghur - v - increase
  • ghuS - v - be prepared; be ready [to launch]
  • ghuS - v - lower [spear] to horizontal to attack
  • ghut - v - predict [based on prophecy or intuition]
  • ghuv - n - recruit
  • ghuwan - n - Rouen
  • ghuwatema`la - n - Guatemala
  • ghuwongDung Hol - n - Cantonese
  • ghuy` - excl - damn [curse]
  • ghuy`cha` - excl - *@$% [curse]
  • ghu` - n - situation ghu` neS bias
  • ghu`jarat - n - Gujarat
  • ghu`lIS - n - entry, item in a list

H

  • Hab - v - be smooth
  • HablI` - n - data transceiving device
  • HabwI` - n - one who is smooth (flat-foreheaded Klingon; term used by children only)
  • Hach - v - be developed [e.g.; civilization]
  • HaD - v - study
  • Hagh - v - laugh
  • HaH - v - marinade
  • HaH - v - soak; drench
  • Haj - v - dread
  • HajDob - n - leg [served as food] [older or upper-class word]
  • Hajvav - n - animal like a weasel
  • Hal - n - source
  • Hal - v - be porous
  • Halrov - n - treacle, syrup
  • Ham - v - be high (in pitch) [as in high voice]
  • Hamburgh n - Hamburg
  • Hampong - n - wound, sore [a wound or sore with at least some abrasion, not just a bruise]
  • Hampong DIr - n - scab (for the plural, use -mey, even if the scab is still attached)
  • Hampun - v - yodel (does not take an object)
  • Han - v - be learned, scholarly, erudite
  • HanDI` - n - cell
  • HanDogh - n - nacelle
  • Hanghuq - n - Korea; South Korea
  • Hap - n - matter; material
  • Hap choHwI` - n - replicator
  • HapQeD - n - physics
  • Haptej - n - physicist
  • Haq - n - surgery
  • Haq - v - intervene in [a situation] [slang]
  • Haq - v - perform surgery [on]; tinker with [slang; used only in the tinkerer really knows what she or he is doing]
  • Haqtaj - n - scalpel
  • HaqwI` - n - surgeon
  • HaQchor - n - saccharin
  • Har - v - believe
  • Hargh - v - fight; battle [major confrontation]
  • HarqIn - n - disorder, disability, syndrome, condition
  • Har`ey - n - rainbow
  • HaS - v - squeak [This is not only for animals. It can also be used for the sound an old door or a wooden chest makes when you open it, if it's a sort of high pitch.]
  • HaSreH - n - pattern, design pattern, markings, motif
  • HaSta - n - visual display [on monitor]; video
  • HaSta jIH - n - television
  • HaSta jIH much - n - TV show
  • HaSta much - n - TV show
  • HaStay` - n - pixel
  • Hat - n - temperature
  • Hat - v - be illegal
  • Haw - v - be random, arbitrary, unpredictable, fortuitous [For random numbers, as when throwing dice, use the verb 'al float instead of Haw.]
  • HawSa Hol - n - Hausa (language)
  • Haw` - v - flee; get out; run away
  • Hatlh - n - country; countryside
  • Hay - n - Klingon ~H~ sound
  • Hay - n - area beyond [normally used with a point of reference "beyond X"]
  • Hay - v - somersault [a controlled roll, whereas ron applied to a person would mean they are rolling haphazardly]
  • HayaStan - n - Armenia
  • HaySIn - n - bucket [Typically, a HaySIn is round (it could be a 'Ib rutlh) and portable (so it's not a qegh).]
  • Hay` - v - duel
  • Hay`chu` - v - duel to the death
  • Ha` - excl - let's go; come on
  • Ha`DIbaH - n - animal; meat
  • Ha`DIbaH - n - dog; cur; inferior person [slang]
  • Ha`DIbaH ghIH tIr ngogh je - n - hamburger
  • Ha`on - n - staple
  • Ha`on vevwI` - n - stapler
  • Ha`quj - n - baldric; sash
  • He - n - course; route
  • Hech - v - intend; mean to
  • HeD - v - retreat
  • HeDon - n - parallel course
  • Hegh - n - death
  • Hegh - v - die
  • Heghbat - n - ritual suicide
  • Heghba` - n - ritual suicide
  • HeghmoH - v - be fatal
  • Heghtay - n - death ritual
  • HeH - n - edge
  • Hej - v - rob
  • HejwI` - n - robber
  • HelSIngqIy - n - Helsinki
  • Hem - v - be proud
  • Hen - v - be experienced [in the sense of involvement in, exposure to, familiarity with, hands-on dealing with a given area of knowledge or type of skill]
  • Henjun - n - whip [For the verb "whip", make use of Qach wield.]
  • Heng - v - finger [holes; strings of instrument] to vary sound
  • Heq - v - hail (weather)
  • HeqqIv - n - cliché, trope, stereotype
  • HeQ - v - comply
  • Hergh - n - medicine
  • Hergh ngevwI` - n - chemist; apothecary
  • Hergh QaywI` - n - hypo; pneumatic hypo
  • Herghqoq - n - placebo
  • HerghwI` - n - hypo; pneumatic hypo
  • Hervachqa - n - Croatia
  • Her`IS - n - bird with a long neck, long legs (like a flamingo)
  • HeS - n - crime
  • HeS - v - commit a crime
  • HeSwI` - n - criminal
  • Hev - v - receive
  • Hew - n - statue
  • Hew chenmoHwI` - n - sculptor
  • Hey - v - battle or fight against one's own group (not the supposed enemy)
  • HeySel - n - atom
  • Hey` - v - censor
  • He` - v - smell; emit odor
  • He`So` - v - stink
  • HghHghHgh - excl - ha ha ha
  • HIch - n - handgun; gun
  • HIchDal - n - airlock
  • HID - v - sweat, perspire
  • HIDjolev - n - menu
  • HIgh - v - fight dirty
  • HIj - v - deliver; transport goods
  • HIja` - excl - yes; true [answer to yes/no question]
  • HIjmeH chaw` - n - stamp
  • HIjmeH `ap - n - fee paid when bringing certain commodities into a jurisdiction\
  • HIjmeH `ap pIn - n - customs officer
  • HIjwI` - n - delivery person
  • HIl - v - make someone's presence known
  • HIl`aD - n - step-by-step instructions [HIl'aD is singular; several sets of instructions is HIl'aDmey.]
  • HIl`egh - v - make yourself's presence known
  • HInDIy Hol - n - Hindi
  • HIq - n - liquor; ale; beer; wine
  • HIq qIj - n - black ale (like a stout)
  • HIp - n - uniform
  • HIr - v - be stuck [like a stamp is stuck to an envelope or a spitwad is stuck on a wall]
  • HIS - v - be compressed (as in air)
  • HISlaH - excl - yes; true [answer to yes/no question]
  • HIt - v - think [have an inner conversation]
  • HItlh - v - be brittle
  • HIv - v - attack
  • HIvDuj - n - attack fighter [vessel]
  • HIvHe - n - attack course
  • HIvje` - n - glass [tumbler]; mug
  • HIvje` bom - n - drinking song
  • HIvje`He - n - piano in a piano bar
  • HIvneS - v - honor-attack [suicide mission]
  • HI` - n - dictator
  • HI`tuy - n - dictatorship
  • Hob - v - yawn
  • Hoch - n - everyone; all; everything; each; every
  • Hoch Holmey mughwI` - n - universal translator
  • HochDIch - num - allth; final; last
  • HochHom - n - most; greater part
  • Hochlogh - adv - all times; always [emphatic]
  • HoD - n - captain
  • Hogh - n - week [Klingon]
  • HoH - n - killing
  • HoH - v - kill
  • HoH`egh - v - commit suicide
  • Hoj - v - be cautious
  • HojnIy - n - teen, teenager, adolescent, youth, young adult
  • Hol - n - language
  • Hol ghoQ - n - slang; "fresh language" [mostly used by younger Klingons]
  • HolQeD - n - linguistics
  • Holtej - n - linguist
  • Hom - n - bone
  • Hom - n - weakling; runt; scrawny one; skinny one [slang]
  • Hom - v - use the second toe [archaic]
  • HomHap tun - n - cartilage
  • HommaH - n - appendix (of a book)
  • HomwI` - n - second toe
  • Hon - v - doubt
  • Hong - n - impulse power
  • Hong boq chuyDaH - n - impulse fusion thrusters
  • Hongghor - n - impulse drive
  • Hop - v - be remote; be far
  • Hoq - n - expedition
  • Hoqra` - n - tricorder
  • Hoq - v - pull; as in pulling a child's wagon (by its handle) or for a train engine to pull the train along or to pull an electrical plug out of the wall
  • HoQ - v - be honored falsely; be falsely honorable
  • HoS - n - strength; energy; power; amplitude
  • HoS - v - be strong
  • HoS choHwI` - n - transtator
  • HoS voveng - n - thyroid
  • HoSchem - n - energy field
  • HoSDo` - n - energy beings
  • HoSghaj - v - be powerful
  • Hot - v - touch; feel
  • Hotnagh - n - basalt
  • Hotlh - v - project; put on [screen]
  • Hotlh - v - scan
  • HotlhwI` - n - scanner
  • Hov - n - star
  • Hov lat - n - star shrine
  • Hov leng QeD - n - Treknology
  • Hov leng tej - n - Treknologist
  • Hov tut - n - telescope (layman's term)
  • Hovje`voH - n - evolution (Darwinian), technical or scientific term
  • HovpoH - n - stardate
  • HovQeD - n - astronomy
  • Hovtay` - n - star system
  • Hovtej - n - astronomer
  • Hoy - v - be refined, be fancy, be sophisticated [pertaining to culture]
  • Hoy` - v - congratulate
  • Ho` - n - idol [slang]
  • Ho` - n - tooth; cog/sprocket teeth
  • Ho` - v - admire
  • Ho` rutlh - n - cog/sprocket wheel
  • Ho` SIryoD - n - braces (on teeth)
  • Ho` teywI` - n - toothbrush
  • Ho` `etlh - n - serrated blade [e.g.; ~kut'luch~]
  • Ho`DoS - n - system, method, manner, technique
  • Ho`Du` Say`moHwI` tlhagh - n - toothpaste
  • Ho`latbeD - n - raison d'être / ikigai
  • Ho`yI` - n - bow (for arrows)
  • Ho``oy` - n - toothache
  • Hu - n - zoo
  • Hu - excl - uh, umm
  • Hub - n - defense
  • Hub - v - defend
  • HubneS - v - honor-defend [suicide mission]
  • Huch - n - money
  • Huch chaw` - n - credit card
  • Huch jengva` - n - coin [literally "money plate"; often, not always, followed by -Hom.]
  • Huch nav - n - bill; banknote
  • Huch ngop - n - coins [literally "money plates"; often, not always, followed by -Hom]
  • HuchQeD - n - economics
  • Huchtej - n - economist
  • HuD - n - mountain; hill; breast [slang]
  • HuDngech - n - sine (curve) [used to describes waves or curves and also in trigonometry]
  • HuDyar - n - shed, shack
  • HuD beQ yoS - n - Flat Mountain district [in Sakrej region]
  • Hugh - n - throat
  • HuH - n - gall; bile; slime
  • Huj - v - be strange, unfamiliar
  • Huj - v - charge [up]
  • Hum - v - be sticky
  • Human - n - human
  • Humlaw` - n - animal like a ghargh, but with lots of wiggly legs
  • Hun - n - type of animal; ~khrun~
  • Hung - n - security
  • Hup - v - punish
  • Huq - v - transact
  • HuqmeH `ap - n - excise tax, sales tax, VAT
  • HuQ`am - n - gender (identity -- this might different from the anatomical sex of a being, and refers to the gender that person identifies with)
  • Hur - v - pull, tug; refers to the action of pulling back the string of the bow but also to pulling the handle on a door to open or close the door or to pulling on someone's suspenders.
  • Hur - n - outside
  • HurDagh - n - stringed instrument [general term]
  • HurDagh chuHwI` - n - bow (for arrows) (not a Klingon device), lit. "stringed-instrument hurler"
  • Hurgh - n - pickle [cucumber]
  • Hurgh - v - be dark
  • Hurgh Duj - n - submarine, blimp
  • HurwI` - n - bow (for arrows) (not a Klingon device) (short form)
  • Hur`Iq - n - outsider; foreigner [slang]
  • Hur`Iqngan - n - Hur'q [person]
  • HuS - v - hang (transitive, as in hanging shoes on a wall)
  • Hut - num - nine
  • HutbIp - num - nine hundred thousand
  • HutbIpDIch - num - nine hundred thousandth
  • HutbIp`uy` - num - nine hundred billion
  • HutbIp`uy`DIch - num - nine hundred billionth
  • HutDIch - num - ninth
  • HutmaH - num - ninety
  • HutmaH - n - sexual climax (slang)
  • HutmaH chav - v - climax [slang]
  • HutmaHDIch - num - ninetieth
  • HutmaHSaghan - num - ninety billion
  • HutmaHSaghanDIch - num - ninety billionth
  • HutmaH`uy` - num - ninety million
  • HutmaH`uy`DIch - num - ninety millionth
  • Hutnetlh - num - ninety thousand
  • HutnetlhDIch - num - ninety thousandth
  • Hutnetlh`uy` - num - ninety billion
  • Hutnetlh`uy`DIch - num - ninety billionth
  • HutSaD - num - nine thousand
  • HutSaDbIp - num - nine thousand million
  • HutSaDbIpDIch - num - nine thousand millionth
  • HutSaDDIch - num - nine thousandth
  • HutSaDSaghan - num - nine trillion
  • HutSaDSaghanDIch - num - nine trillionth
  • HutSaghan - num - nine billion
  • HutSaghanDIch - num - nine billionth
  • HutSanID - num - nine thousand
  • HutSanIDbIp - num - nine thousand million
  • HutSanIDbIpDIch - num - nine thousand millionth
  • HutSanIDDIch - num - nine thousandth
  • HutSanIDSaghan - num - nine trillion
  • HutSanIDSaghanDIch - num - nine trillionth
  • Hutvagh - excl - too many people/things in a place all at once
  • Hutvatlh - num - nine hundred
  • HutvatlhbIp - num - ninety million
  • HutvatlhbIpDIch - num - ninety millionth
  • HutvatlhDIch - num - nine hundredth
  • HutvatlhSaghan - num - nine hundred billion
  • HutvatlhSaghanDIch - num - nine hundred billionth
  • Hutvatlh`uy` - num - nine hundred million
  • Hutvatlh`uyDIch - num - nine hundred millionth
  • Hutvav - n - nerve (anatomy, physiology)
  • Hutvav rarwI` - n - neural synapse
  • Hut`uy` - num - nine million
  • Hut`uy`DIch - num - nine millionth
  • Hut`In - n - nail [for carpentry]
  • Hut`In vIl - n - screw
  • Hut`on - n - byte
  • Hut reD mey` - n - enneagon
  • Hutlh - v - lack; be without; to not have jIb Hutlh be bald
  • Huv - v - be clear; be not obstructed; be excellent (slang)
  • Huy - v - be spicy, be piquant, be hot; (slang) be randy, be horny
  • Huy - v - hum [can be used both for singing without words and for the sound a (not huge) engine makes]; purr [the sound of a cat]
  • Huy` - n - eyebrow
  • Huy`Dung - n - forehead [regional]
  • Hu` - n - days ago
  • Hu` - v - get up
  • Hu`ma - excl - uh, umm
  • Hu`mI - excl - uh, umm
  • Hu`tegh - excl - [general invective]

I

j

  • jab - v - serve [food]
  • jabbI`ID - n - data transmission
  • jabwI` - n - food server; waiter; waitress
  • jach - v - scream; cry out; shout; yell; crow
  • jaD - v - throw around; hurl about
  • jaDchu` - v - juggle (objects, not tasks)
  • jagh - n - enemy
  • jaghIv - n - rhythm
  • jaghla` - n - enemy commander
  • jaH - v - go; travel
  • jaj - n - day [from dawn to dawn]
  • jaj wa` - n - Sunday
  • jajlo` - n - dawn
  • jajlo` chum - n - sunrise
  • jajlo` Qa` - n - type of animal [makes a ruckus at dawn]
  • jajvam - n - today
  • jal - v - imagine, envision
  • jame`qa - n - Jamaica
  • jamjuD - n - bounty
  • jamtlhach - n - phosphorus
  • jan - n - device
  • jan - n - musical instrument
  • janbI` - n - slope [mathematical term]
  • janIj - n - bra
  • jantor - n - witness [one who has actually seen or been part of an event, eyewitness]
  • jang - v - answer; reply
  • jaq - v - be bold
  • jaqmoH - v - embolden
  • jaqtala` - n - puberty, jak'tahla (Klingon)
  • jaQ - v - be deep
  • jaQHa` - v - be shallow
  • jar - n - month [Klingon]
  • jargh - n - forehead [regional]
  • jaS - adv - differently
  • jat - n - tongue
  • jat - v - speak incoherently; mumble [slang]
  • jatyIn - n - spiritual possession
  • jat Hol - n - gibberish
  • jatlh - v - say; tell; speak jatlh; ghughughwI` speak with vocal fry
  • jatlhwI` - n - speaker (person)
  • jav - n - prisoner [slang]
  • jav - n - sixth tone of nonatonic musical scale
  • jav - num - six
  • jav mIS - n - confused prisoner
  • jav reD mey` - n - hexagon
  • jav reD `Impey` - n - pyramid [with six-sided base]
  • javbIp - num - six hundred thousand
  • javbIpDIch - num - six hundred thousandth
  • javbIp`uy` - num - six hundred billion
  • javbIp`uy`DIch - num - six hundred billionth
  • javDIch - num - sixth
  • javmaH - num - sixty
  • javmaHDIch - num - sixtieth
  • javmaHSaghan - num - sixty billion
  • javmaHSaghanDIch - num - sixty billionth
  • javmaH`uy` - num - sixty million
  • javmaH`uy`DIch - num - sixty millionth
  • javnetlh - num - sixty thousand
  • javnetlhDIch - num - sixty thousandth
  • javnetlh`uy` - num - sixty billion
  • javnetlh`uy`DIch - num - sixty billionth
  • javSaD - num - six thousand
  • javSaDbIp - num - six thousand million
  • javSaDbIpDIch - num - six thousand millionth
  • javSaDDIch - num - six thousandth
  • javSaDSaghan - num - six trillion
  • javSaDSaghanDIch - num - six trillionth
  • javSaghan - num - six billion
  • javSaghanDIch - num - six billionth
  • javSanID - num - six thousand
  • javSanIDbIp - num - six thousand million
  • javSanIDbIpDIch - num - six thousand millionth
  • javSanIDDIch - num - six thousandth
  • javSanIDSaghan - num - six trillion
  • javSanIDSaghanDIch - num - six trillionth
  • javtIm - n - virus
  • javtIm raS`IS - n - vaccine
  • javvatlh - num - six hundred
  • javvatlhbIp - num - sixty million
  • javvatlhbIpDIch - num - sixty millionth
  • javvatlhDIch - num - six hundredth
  • javvatlhSaghan - num - six hundred billion
  • javvatlhSaghanDIch - num - six hundred billionth
  • javvatlh`uy` - num - six hundred million
  • javvatlh`uyDIch` - num - six hundred millionth
  • jav`uy` - num - six million
  • jav`uy`DIch - num - six millionth
  • jaw - n - lord
  • jaw - v - chat
  • jay - n - Klingon ~j~ sound
  • jay` - adv - intensely [invective]
  • ja` - v - tell; report
  • ja`chuq - n - succession ritual [ancient]
  • ja`chuq - v - discuss; confer
  • je - conj - also; and; too
  • jech - n - disguise; costume
  • jech - v - disguise
  • jeD - v - be thick; be dense; be viscous
  • jegh - v - surrender; give up; capitulate; acquiesce; cave in; back eown; throw in the towel
  • jeghwar - n - jaguar
  • jeH - v - be absentminded
  • jej - v - be sharp
  • jejHa` - v - be dull; be blunt [of blades]
  • jejSIp - n - acetylene
  • jel v - shake, tremble [intransitive]
  • jelwaS - n - iodine
  • jem - v - sense, feel, perceive, detect [jemHa` or jemlaHbe` is to be numb emotionally.]
  • jem`IH - v - castle (a building built for protection or fortification)
  • jen - v - be high
  • jengva` - n - plate [for eating]; disk
  • jentu` - n - bird, type of bird [aquatic, flightless]
  • jeq - v - protrude from
  • jeqpel - n - push-up
  • jeqqIj - n - club; bludgeon
  • jeQ - v - be self-confident
  • jer - v - be surging; be moving forwards or backwards suddenly [about-face]
  • jergh - v - spasm
  • jerghmoH - v - cause something to spasm
  • jeS - v - participate
  • jeS - n - jazz
  • jeS QoQ - n - jazz
  • jeS `e` Sap - v - sign up (for an event)
  • jev - v - storm
  • jev - v - wheeze; breathe noisily
  • jey - n - itinerary
  • jey - v - defeat
  • jey` - n - tin
  • jey` Sorpuq - n - bronze
  • jey`naS - n - double-headed ax; ax with double head
  • jey`naS ghoqwI` - n - double agent [slang]
  • je` - v - buy; purchase
  • je` - v - feed [someone else]
  • je`ton - n - counter; workbench
  • je`wagh`en - n - bug resembling a louse
  • jIb - n - hair [on head]
  • jIb - v - lynch, hang (execution)
  • jIb Ho`Du` - n - comb
  • jIb yachwI` - n - hairbrush
  • jIbutIy - n - Djibouti
  • jIb`egh - v - commit suicide by hanging
  • jIH - n - viewing screen; monitor
  • jIH - pro - I; me
  • jIH - v - monitor
  • jIj - v - be cooperative
  • jIj - v - cooperate
  • jIl - n - neighbor
  • jIm - v - be heaving; be moving up or down; be descending or ascending; shrug
  • jIn - v - wish
  • jIn - v - brew
  • jIn yopwaH - n - jeans
  • jInaq - n - amulet symbolizing a girl's coming of age
  • jInay` - n - J'naii (planet)
  • jInay`ngan - n - J'naii (people)
  • jInbo` - n - bias
  • jInjoq - n - type of Klingon bread
  • jInmol - n - project
  • jInmol pa` - n - studio, workspace, atelier
  • jIp - n - penalty
  • jIqlem - n - strap
  • jIqlem waq - n - sandal
  • jIr - v - rotate; twirl; jIr qIvon (slang) be randy, be horny
  • jIr - excl - Whoop-dee-doo!, La-dee-dah!, Who cares?!, Big deal!
  • jIrmoH - v - twirl ~bat'leth~; cause ~bat'leth~ to rotate; crank; turn (a doorknob)
  • jIrwI` Duj - n - helicopter (slang)
  • jItuj`ep - n - mummy
  • jItuj`ep ngutlh - n - mummification glyph
  • jIv - v - be ignorant
  • jIvvo` - n - evil criminal, villain, malefactor
  • jIy - v - be umami, be savory, be earthy
  • jIyeStaS - n - inflammation
  • jIyweS - n - translation, gloss [a quick tag to give an idea of what the word means, not a complete definition]
  • jI`ev - n - handle, knob, doorknob
  • jo - n - resources
  • job - v - zigzag, be jagged
  • joch - v - be harmful
  • joD - v - stoop
  • jogh - n - quadrant
  • joH - n - Lady [female head of house]; Lord [male head of house]
  • joj - n - area between
  • jojlu` - n - consul
  • jol - n - transport beam
  • jol - v - beam [aboard]
  • jolpat - n - transporter system
  • jolpa` - n - transport room
  • jolvoy` - n - transporter ionizer unit
  • jom - v - install [a device]
  • jon - v - capture; fish, be fishing
  • jonpIn - n - engineering officer
  • jonSeH yaH - n - engineering (location) [where the engines are controlled]
  • jonta` - n - engine
  • jonwI` - n - engineer
  • jop - v - lunge; thrust jopDI` `ovwI` veb, `echletHom tlhap When the next player takes his/her turn, he/she takes a card. ngop yISay`moH! yIjop! Clean the plates! It's your turn!
  • joq - conj - or; and/or
  • joq - v - flap; flutter; wave
  • joqmoH - v - wave a fan [or anything else]
  • joqwI` - n - flag
  • joQ - n - rib
  • joQ - n - strip of material in a ~susdek~ instrument
  • jor - v - explode
  • jorchan - n - view, scene, scenery, sight, landscape
  • jorchan velqa` - n - scenery, stage decoration
  • jorja - n - Georgia [US state]
  • jorneb - n - warhead [of a torpedo]
  • jornub - n - warhead [of a torpedo]
  • jorwI` - n - explosive; bomb
  • joS - n - rumor; gossip
  • joS - v - gossip
  • joSraD - n - crater
  • jot - v - be calm
  • jotHa` - v - be uneasy
  • jotlh - v - take down
  • joy` - v - torture
  • jo` - v - inflate, fill with air, blow up [It's not the same as SuS -- you're blowing into/onto/at something, but the air gets out of the thing (or never goes in it)]; zoom in on (the object is the image)
  • jo` - n - machinery
  • jo`Ha` - v - zoom out (applied to something that was previously zoomed in on)
  • jo`ley` - n - tent
  • jub - v - be immortal
  • jubbe` - v - be mortal
  • juch - v - have a width of; have a diameter of
  • juH - n - home
  • juH qach - n - house
  • juHqo` - n - home world
  • jul - n - sun [general term]
  • julHom - n - yolk (slang)
  • julSIp - n - helium
  • jum - v - be odd, peculiar, unexpected, fishy
  • jun - v - evade; take evasive action
  • jungwoq - n - China
  • jup - n - friend
  • juS - v - overtake; pass
  • jutngev - n - nectar
  • juv - v - measure
  • ju'pIter - n - Jupiter
  • jva - n - confused prisoner [written abbreviation for jav mIS]

l

  • lab - v - transmit data [away from a place]
  • lach - v - exaggerate
  • lachvoH - n - bee hive
  • laD - v - read
  • lagh - n - ensign
  • lagh - v - take apart; disassemble
  • laH - n - ability
  • laj - n - acceptance
  • laj - v - accept
  • lajQo` - v - reject
  • lalDan - n - religion
  • lam - n - dirt
  • lam - v - be dirty
  • lam Ho`Du` - n - rake (for the ground)
  • lan - v - place
  • lanDan - n - London
  • lanSoy - n - row or line, queue [...it is expected that the row or line of people or things is (or will be or might be) in motion, one member of the row following the other, and eventually the row diminishes until it's gone.]
  • lang - v - be thin; be narrow
  • lap - v - vote, cast a ballot [This is to vote in an election or to vote for a motion. It does not mean "express an opinion" (as in I vote for pizza for lunch -- unless a formal vote is actually taken, not an informal survey)]
  • laq - v - flap [about bird's wings]
  • laq - v - speak gibberish [slang]
  • laqlaq - n - gibberish [slang]
  • laQ - v - fire; energize [e.g.; thrusters]
  • largh - v - smell; sense odors
  • larveS - n - pus
  • laS - v - ink up, put paint on a brush
  • laSvargh - n - factory
  • lat - n - shrine; monument, memorial (building)
  • latIyna Hol - n - Latin (language)
  • latvIya - n - Latvia
  • latlh - n - additional one; other one
  • latlh je - n - et cetera, etc.
  • latlh latlh latlh - n - et cetera, etc. [informal]
  • lav - v - lean, incline, slant
  • lav - n - shrub
  • law - v - nogree (1/243 of a circle)
  • law chu` - n - degree (1/360 of a circle)
  • lawrI` - n - degree (1/360 of a circle) [sometimes called law chu', though with increasing rarity] X lawrI` `ab. It is at latitude X degrees. Y lawrI' juch. It is at longitude Y degrees.
  • law` - v - be many; be numerous; be much
  • lay - n - Klingon ~l~ sound
  • lay - n - air (technical term)
  • lay` - v - promise
  • lay leng - n - aeronautics
  • laybIrya` - n - Liberia
  • layyan - n - lion
  • lay`Ha` - v - break one's word
  • la` - n - commander
  • la`avghe - n - Le Havre
  • la`Dan Hol - n - Laádan
  • la`pIy - n - Lapland
  • la`qab - n - whistling sound (a whistling sound produced by using one's mouth and lips (and perhaps fingers, but no device))
  • la`quv - n - Supreme Commander
  • la`SIv - n - type of animal [similar to a turtle]
  • la`yIgh - n - spice
  • la``a` - n - commandant
  • lech - v - blackmail (the object of lech is the person being targeted)
  • lechtal - n - [traditional term for coordinates]
  • lechvI` - n - [traditional term for coordinates]
  • leD - v - be perpendicular
  • legh - v - see
  • leH - n - maintenance
  • leH - v - maintain
  • lel - v - get out; take out
  • lem - n - hoof
  • len - n - recess; break
  • lenmeS rop - n - Lenmes disease, a native Klingon disease caused by a bacterium. Its symptoms include high fever, weakness, and perhaps abdominal pain, headaches, and a skin rash.
  • leng - n - trip; voyage
  • leng - v - roam; travel; rove
  • leng buq - n - suitcase
  • leng chach mab - n - trip insurance ["voyage emergency contract"]
  • leng chaw` - n - passport
  • leng Soj - n - fast food
  • lengwI` - n - rover [grammatical term]
  • lep - n - solid (state of matter)
  • leQ - n - switch; mouse button
  • ler - v - wobble, oscillate [...can be used for a pendulum regardless of whether the pivot is at the top or bottom (or somewhere else)]
  • lerchu' - v - oscillate (like a metronome)
  • lerup - n - bacterium, bacteria
  • lervaD - n - auction
  • leS - n - days from now
  • leS - v - rest; relax
  • leSpal - n - type of stringed instrument (like a guitar)
  • leSpoH - n - shore leave
  • leSSov - n - foresight
  • leSu`tu - n - Lesotho
  • let - v - be hard [like a rock]
  • letbaQ - n - rectangle
  • letbIng - n - mercury
  • letSeburgh - n - Luxembourg
  • letlh - n - stairs; stairway
  • letlh - n - stairway leading to door of a ship [regional]
  • lev - n - roof of mouth; hard palate
  • lev - v - move ~bat'leth~ from vertical to horizontal orientation
  • lew - v - bloom (used for flowers, but can also be used for leaves)
  • ley` - n - nose [regional]
  • le` - v - be special; be exceptional
  • le`be` - v - be unexceptional; be nonspecific
  • le`mIS - n - blockade
  • le`yo` - n - pride
  • lIb - v - be impending, be imminent, loom
  • lIbnen - n - Lebanon
  • lIbya` - n - Libya
  • lIch - v - pour [into/onto something]
  • lID - v - travel or move a specified or measurable distance or trajectory or angle [used with verbs of movement that don't take distance or trajectory as their object]
  • lIgh - v - ride
  • lIghongan - n - Ligonian
  • lIghon - n - Ligon
  • lIghon DuQwI` pogh - n - glavin; Ligonian spike glove
  • lIghonngan - n - Ligonian
  • lIghonya` - n - Ligon
  • lIghonya`ngan - n - Ligonian
  • lIH - v - introduce; begin a song
  • lIHtentay` - n - Liechtenstein
  • lIj - v - forget
  • lIl - v - simulate, impersonate
  • lIlwI` - n - simulator
  • lIm - v - panic
  • lIn - v - share [C (lu)lIn A B je: A and B share C; lInchuq implies a physical relationship of some sort]]
  • lInDab - n - espionage
  • lIng - v - produce
  • lIngta` - n - type of animal; ~lingta~
  • lIngwaDepIlane`ta Hol - n - Lingwa de Planeta
  • lIngwavIrangqano`va Hol - n - Lingua Franca Nova
  • lIngwa`Ighno`ta Hol - n - Lingua Ignota
  • lIngwI` - n - generator
  • lIq - v - round up
  • lIQ - v - be stuck [like when you can't solve an algebra problem or a crossword puzzle]
  • lIr - n - type of bird [nocturnal]
  • lIS - v - adjust
  • lIS`ab - n - Klingon rodent [This animal is more rat-sized than mouse-sized, but a vIghro' might well chase it. Its face kind of resembles that of a bat (though a bat is not a rodent).]
  • lIt - v - get on [to]
  • lItHa` - v - get off [of]
  • lIvqa`nan - n - doorframe [something constructed to hold a door or gate, whether the door/gate is there or not]
  • lIvrI` - n - granite
  • lIw - n - substitute; stand-in; temporary surrogate
  • lIw mu` - n - pronoun (applies to full words only, not prefixes)
  • lIwnal - n - concubine [. . . the cultural connotations are a bit different since, in Klingon culture, everything associated with a lIwnal lacks honor, and this is not necessarily the case for a (Terran) king's concubines or courtesans. Note that only married people could have a partner who could be considered a lIwnal. Also, lIwnal could be male or female, so if it's necessary to distinguish, say loD lIwnal or be` lIwnal.]
  • lIy - n - comet
  • lIyetu`va` - n - Lithuania
  • lI` - v - be useful
  • lI` - v - transmit data [to a place]
  • lI`choD - n - plasma (state of matter)
  • lI`HemvI` - n - dopamine
  • lI`lIy - n - lily
  • lob - v - obey
  • lobHa` - v - disobey
  • loch - n - mustache
  • loch - v - be a fraction of, make up a portion of, constitute part of [wej loch cha` 2/3; vagh loch wej 3/5; loS loch jav 6/4. In theory, if appropriate in a mathematical discussion, one could say wa` loch wej three one-ths. (Though perhaps a little grammatically aberrant, this would not be wa` luloch wej.)]
  • loD - n - male; man; boy (young man)
  • loDHom - n - boy (male child)
  • loDnal - n - husband
  • loDnI` - n - brother
  • loDnI` be`nal - n - brother-in-law (wife's brother)
  • loDnI` loDnal - n - brother-in-law (husband's brother)
  • loDnI`nal - n - brother-in-law
  • logh - n - space
  • logh chal je `angweD - n - planetarium
  • logh chal je `angweD qach - n - planetarium (building)
  • loghjaj - n - Thursday
  • loghqam - n - [unit of length, 1.25 light-years]
  • logh mIn - n - wormhole
  • logh`ob - n - chest [the upper front of the torso]; the front of something; hood, bonnet (of a car)
  • loH - n - administration
  • loH - v - administer
  • loHjan - n - CPU
  • loj - v - be all gone
  • lojban Hol - n - Lojban
  • lojmIt - n - door; gate
  • lojmItjaj - n - Saturday
  • lol - n - a specific ~Mok'bara~ position
  • lol - v - be in an attitude; be in a stance; be in a pose
  • lolchu` - v - be in a correct attitude
  • lolchu`taH - v - maintain a correct attitude
  • lolmoH - v - maneuver [an aircraft]
  • lolSeHcha - n - attitude-control thrusters
  • loltaH - v - maintain an attitude
  • lom - n - corpse
  • lon - v - abandon
  • lop - n - celebration
  • lop - v - observe; celebrate [a ritual]
  • lopno` - n - party; celebration
  • loq - v - be extinct [referring to animals, like dinosaurs]
  • loQ - adv - slightly; a little bit
  • loQHa` - adv - considerably, appreciably
  • lor - n - cousin (mother's brother's child or father's sister's child), niece or nephew (man's sister's child or woman's brother's child)
  • lorbe` - n - female cousin (mother's brother's daughter or father's sister's daughter), niece (man's sister's daughter or woman's brother's daughter)
  • lorloD - n - male cousin (mother's brother's son or father's sister's son), nephew (man's sister's son or woman's brother's son)
  • loS - n - fourth tone of nonatonic musical scale
  • loS - num - four
  • loS - v - wait [for]
  • loS reD mey` - n - quadrilateral
  • loS reD `Impey` - n - pyramid [with four-sided base]
  • loS Sonme` quartet, quadruplet
  • loSbIp - num - four hundred thousand
  • loSbIpDIch - num - four hundred thousandth
  • loSbIp`uy` - num - four hundred billion
  • loSbIp`uy`DIch - num - four hundred billionth
  • loScha` - n - coincidence [The verb usually associated with this is qaS occur, happen.]
  • loSDIch - num - fourth
  • loSmaH - num - forty
  • loSmaHDIch - num - fortieth
  • loSmaHSaghan - num - forty billion
  • loSmaHSaghanDIch - num - forty billionth
  • loSmaH`uy` - num - forty million
  • loSmaH`uy`DIch - num - forty millionth
  • loSnetlh - num - forty thousand
  • loSnetlhDIch - num - forty thousandth
  • loSnetlh`uy` - num - forty billion
  • loSnetlh`uy`DIch - num - forty billionth
  • loSpev - n - quadrotriticale
  • loSSaD - num - four thousand
  • loSSaDbIp - num - four thousand million
  • loSSaDbIpDIch - num - four thousand millionth
  • loSSaDDIch - num - four thousandth
  • loSSaDSaghan - num - four trillion
  • loSSaDSaghanDIch - num - four trillionth
  • loSSaghan - num - four billion
  • loSSaghanDIch - num - four billionth
  • loSSanID - num - four thousand
  • loSSanIDbIp - num - four thousand million
  • loSSanIDbIpDIch - num - four thousand millionth
  • loSSanIDDIch - num - four thousandth
  • loSSanIDSaghan - num - four trillion
  • loSSanIDSaghanDIch - num - four trillionth
  • loSvatlh - num - four hundred
  • loSvatlhbIp - num - forty million
  • loSvatlhbIpDIch - num - forty millionth
  • loSvatlhDIch - num - four hundredth
  • loSvatlhSaghan - num - four hundred billion
  • loSvatlhSaghanDIch - num - four hundred billionth
  • loSvatlh`uy` - num - four hundred million
  • loSvatlh`uyDIch - num - four hundred millionth
  • loS`uy` - num - four million
  • loS`uy`DIch - num - four millionth
  • lot - v - scratch
  • lot - n - catastrophe
  • lotregh - n - anemia, anaemia
  • lotlh - v - rebel
  • lotlhmoq - n - type of bird [swoops into the water to catch food; but cannot swim]
  • lotlhwI` - n - rebel
  • loy - v - guess
  • loy` - v - have personality, be charismatic, be charming [refers to positive personal characteristics]
  • lo` - n - use
  • lo` - v - use
  • lo` law` - n - utility [precedes noun it modifies]
  • lo`laH - v - be valuable
  • lo`laHbe` - v - be worthless
  • lo`laHbe`ghach - n - worthlessness
  • lo`laHghach - n - value
  • lu - v - fall [suffer loss of status]
  • luch - n - equipment; gear
  • lugh - v - be right; be correct; be in the right; be moral, be proper, be appropriate, be suitable
  • lughbe` - v - be wrong (of behavior); be immoral, be improper, be inappropriate, be unsuitable
  • luH - n - intestine
  • luH - v - cause [someone] to confess or reveal a secret; exact a confession
  • luH - v - yank
  • luHwI` tIH - n - tractor beam
  • luj - v - fail; lose [not win]
  • lujwI` mIr - n - losing streak
  • lul - v - fight; battle [relatively major fight]
  • lulIgh - n - refuge
  • lum - v - postpone; procrastinate
  • lun - v - swell, swell up
  • lung - n - type of animal; dragon; ~loong~ [lizardlike]
  • lunglIH - n - turbine, propeller
  • lunglIH Duj - n - helicopter
  • lungrI` - n - longitude Y lungrI`. (It is at) longitude Y.
  • lungrI`tal - n - meridian
  • lungtal - n - traditional term for coordinates
  • lungvI` - n - traditional term for coordinates
  • lup - n - second [of time]
  • lup - v - transport
  • lupDujHom - n - shuttlecraft
  • lupwI` - n - jitney; bus
  • lupwI` mIr - n - train
  • luq - excl - yes; okay; I will
  • luqlev - n - curfew
  • lur - n - pupil [of eye]
  • lurDech - n - tradition
  • lurgh - n - direction [spatial]
  • luS - n - be submerged in, immersed in, surrounded by
  • luSpet - n - black hole [astronomical phenomenon]
  • lut - n - story
  • lut rorgh - n - fairy tale
  • lut mIr - n - series (literature, television)
  • lutlh - v - be primitive
  • luvnup - n - daydream
  • lu` - excl - yes; okay; I will
  • lu`lap - n - beep noise lu`lap tlhen to beep

m

  • mab - n - treaty, agreement, contract, commitment
  • mab - n - account [information associated with personal access to a computer system]
  • mabeb - n - toad-like or frog-like creature [A mabeb resembles frogs and toads, but is neither one, really.]
  • mach - v - be small
  • maDaghaSqIyar - n - Madagascar
  • maDyar - n - Hungary
  • magh - v - betray
  • magh - n - Klingon plant that most closely resembles grass
  • maghpub - n - novel
  • maghrIb - n - Morocco
  • maghwI` - n - traitor
  • magh yotlh - n - lawn
  • maH - num - ten
  • maH - pro - we; us
  • maHnaD - n - protein
  • maHpIn - n - bowl [large]
  • maj - excl - good [expressing satisfaction]
  • majaj - n - cabbage, lettuce (closest Klingon equivalent closer to lettuce than to cabbage, but could be used for either Terran plant)
  • majQa` - excl - well done; very good
  • majyang - n - tile
  • majyang mIllogh - n - mosaic
  • majyang mutlhwI` - n - tiler
  • mala`wIy - n - Malawi
  • maleSya` - n - Malaysia
  • malja` - n - business
  • malta - n - Malta
  • mang - n - soldier [a warrior who is part of a unit]
  • manggha - n - station (train) [Place where a medium/long range transport arrive and depart.]
  • mangghom - n - army
  • mangHom - n - cadet
  • mangtay - n - Thailand
  • maq - v - proclaim
  • maqDar - n - mak'dar, Klingon insult
  • maqIy - n - Maquis (Resistance)
  • maqoch - n - buddy; pal; close male friend of a male
  • maqSung - n - bee, wasp (To distinguish, say DayqIr maqSung and maqSung qej)
  • maqSung qej - n - wasp
  • maqSung SoS - n - queen (bee)
  • maqSung SoS`a` - n - queen (bee)
  • maQ - n - sign,* omen
  • maQlegh - n - priest [This is gender-neutral. In translating, if a distinction between "priest" and "priestess" is required, add loD or be'.]
  • maQmIgh - n - dark omen; sign of evil coming
  • mar - v - use the big toe [first toe] [archaic]
  • marIS - n - Mars
  • marQen - n - eddy (in water)
  • marvargh - n - Klingon ballet
  • marwI` - n - big toe; first toe
  • maS - n - moon
  • maS - v - prefer
  • maS loQHa` So`lu`bogh - n - crescent moon
  • maSIr - n - Egypt
  • maSmelo` - n - marshmallow
  • maSmelo` Su`ghar Sawqe` - n - marshmallow
  • maSquwa` - n - Moscow
  • maSwov - n - moonlight
  • maS`e` loQ So`be`bogh QIb - n - crescent moon
  • maS`e` So`bogh pagh - n - full moon
  • maS So`lu`chu`bogh - n - new moon
  • matHa` - n - gunner
  • matSu` - n - commando
  • matlh - v - be loyal
  • matlhHa` - v - be disloyal
  • mavje` - n - liver [regional]
  • mavjop - n - paper clip
  • maw - v - offend
  • maw` - v - be crazy
  • may - n - Klingon ~m~ sound
  • may - v - be fair
  • mayqar - n - braid, knotwork
  • maySon - n - superconductivity maySon chIw be superconductive
  • mayvIm - n - embryo
  • may` - n - battle [an individual battle]
  • may` bom - n - battle song
  • may` rImbey - n - adrenaline, epinephrine
  • may` Sut - n - body armor
  • may`Duj - n - battle cruiser
  • may`luch - n - battle gear; panoply; complete set of armor and weapons
  • may`morgh - n - battle array (a set of equipment, perhaps including uniforms; not a formation of soldiers)
  • may`ron - n - accordion; concertina
  • may`ron raS - n - piano
  • ma` - v - accommodate
  • ma`egh - n - premiere (either the situation or the event)
  • ma`lI` - n - fiber
  • ma`lIy - n - Mali
  • ma`veq - n - type of ceremonial knife; ~mevak~ [used in the ~Mauk-To'Vor~]
  • meb - n - guest
  • mebpa`mey - n - hotel
  • mech - v - trade
  • megh - n - lunch
  • megh`an - n - end [of stick; piece of string etc.; opposite 'er'In]
  • meH - n - bridge [of a ship]
  • meHghem - n - arts, the arts, culture [A bigger, more comprehensive term covering "the arts" or "art" as opposed to "science." So it includes music, theater, dance, etc. as well as visual art. It's "culture" in this sense.]
  • meHghem Qat - n - pop culture
  • mej - v - leave; depart [refers simply to leaving one's current location]
  • mejnay - n - apron
  • mej`aD - n - artery
  • melchoQ - n - marrow; bone marrow
  • mel`ogh - n - chrysalis; anything that's in the process of becoming something else
  • mem - n - catalog
  • men - v - have an area of
  • mentIy Hol - n - Mänti
  • menggho` naH - n - mango
  • mep - n - plastic
  • meq - n - reason; motive; logical thinking; topic, subject, theme [of a conversation, story, etc.]
  • meq - v - reason
  • meqba` - n - type of legal proceeding (portion of the trial or appeal where evidence is heard); ~Mek'ba~
  • meqHoD - n - bypass
  • meqleH - n - type of weapon; ~mek'leth~
  • meqro`vaq - n - Mekro'vak [region]
  • meQ - v - burn; [slang] climax
  • meQHam - adv - ironically, counterintuitively, incongruously
  • mer - v - surprise
  • mergh - v - be combined, mixed together [also for superposition in physics]
  • meS - n - knot
  • meS - v - knot; encrypt (slang)
  • meSchuS - n - large wind instrument
  • meSHa` - v - decrypt (slang)
  • mev - v - stop; cease
  • mevyap - excl - stop; [it is] enough
  • mew` - v - cope; cope with; deal (well) with; handle
  • mey - v - match, fit onto, interlock with, interface with, mesh with [To talk about a sock (or glove or….) matching (that is fitting onto) a foot (or hand or…), use the verb mey.]
  • mey` - n - polygon
  • mey`HoS - n - regular polygon
  • meyIS tIr - n - sweet corn
  • meyrI` - n - square [geometrical shape]; diamond (club suit)
  • me` - n - aunt [mother's sister]
  • me`cheD - n - cross (+), ex (x)
  • me`HIyqo - n - Mexico
  • me`nal - n - aunt [mother's brother's wife]
  • mIch - n - sector; zone
  • mID - n - colony
  • mIgh - v - be evil
  • mIHneS - n - closest Klingon animal to a grasshopper, locust, or cricket
  • mIjDang - n - fin, flipper
  • mIl - v - be formerly honored but now disgraced
  • mIllogh - n - picture [drawing; photo; cartoon; computer icons; etc]
  • mIllogh meyrI` - n - single-panel cartoon
  • mIllogh mIr - n - comic strip [Maltz said mIllogh mIr was good for comic strip (or comic). Interestingly, despite its literal meaning, it's used whether there are a number of panels (as in a comic book or most newspaper comics) or just a single panel (like most political cartoons). To specify a single-panel cartoon, one usually says mIllogh meyrI'. This is used whether the shape of the panel is actually a square or not.]
  • mIllogh ngutlh - n - hieroglyph
  • mIllogh qol - n - animation, cartoon [This refers to animation only, not cartoons in the newspaper]
  • mIllogh qonwI` - n - camera
  • mIllogh qonwI` qoSta` - n - film
  • mIl`oD - n - type of animal; sabre bear
  • mIl`oD ngeb - n - teddy bear
  • mIm - v - delay
  • mIn - n - eye mInDu` yIv blink (slang)
  • mIn `onroS - n - tear, teardrop
  • mIn QanwI` nguv - n - sunglasses
  • mIn tojwI` - n - optical illusion
  • mIn yuq - v - perform magic [referring to a stage magician]
  • mIn yuqwI` - n - magician
  • mInyoD - n - eyelid
  • mIp - n - wealth; richness
  • mIp - v - be rich [only used for wealthy people, not for rich soil, etc.]
  • mIqta` - n - machinery
  • mIQ - n - forehead [regional]
  • mIQ - v - fry; deep-fry
  • mIr - n - chain; streak
  • mIrSam - n - (smoking) pipe
  • mIS - n - confusion
  • mIS - v - be confused; be mixed up
  • mISjennegh - n - marble (material)
  • mISmoH - v - confuse
  • mIt - v - be appropriate, be suitable, be proper for the situation, circumstances; be right (Did you turn on the ~ switch?)
  • mItbe` - v - be wrong (I turned on the ~ switch)
  • mItlh - v - forge (metal)
  • mItlhon - n - smaller sail
  • mIv - n - helmet; hat; shells (pasta)
  • mIv - n - metal flat-bottomed pot [regional]
  • mIv bargh - n - metal flat-bottomed pot [regional]
  • mIvwa` - n - scar (result of a wound, regardless of how the wound occurred; includes scars resulting from surgery)
  • mIvwa`mey - n - tally, (total) score, census, headcount
  • mIv`a` - n - crown
  • mIw - n - step; stage [in a procedure or process]; recipe, formula (procedure, process) [This is generally used for this, but step-by-step instructions can also be referred to as HIl'aD. The word for "ingredient" is qurme', so if a "formula" is the list of the ingredients of something (like a secret formula for the special sauce on a Big Mac), that's qurme'mey.]
  • mIwba` - n - trial [the process of what happens at court]
  • mIy - v - brag
  • mIyama - n - Burma/Myanmar
  • mI` - n - number
  • mI` - v - dance; run in place; do calisthenics; exercise
  • mI`rab - n - spiral
  • mI`wI` - n - dancer
  • mI`wI` much - n - dance show [It can be used to translate cabaret if the cabaret show consists entirely or nearly entirely of dancing, but that's a special and infrequent situation.]
  • mI` mob - n - odd number [not evenly divisible by 2]
  • mI` mobHa - n - even number [evenly divisible by 2]
  • mI` nagh - n - die; dice [for playing games]
  • mI` poj - n - statistics [number analysis]
  • mI` tej - n - mathematician
  • mob - v - be alone
  • moch - n - superior
  • moD - v - hurry
  • mogh - v - be frustrated
  • moH - v - be ugly
  • moH - v - influence; exert undue influence on [slang]
  • moHaq - n - prefix
  • moHbey - n - trapezium
  • moj - v - become
  • mojaq - n - suffix
  • mojaQ - n - suffix
  • mol - n - grave
  • mol - v - bury
  • molDo`va - n - Moldova
  • molHa` - v - dig up [like a bone or a fossil]
  • mon - n - capital [of a place]
  • mon - v - smile; grin; sneer
  • monQIv - n - algae
  • mong - n - neck
  • mong Ha`quj - n - tie
  • mongDech - n - collar
  • mongghol 'uluS - n - Mongolia
  • mop - n - robe
  • moq - v - beat [something with an implement]
  • moqtay` - n - bruise [a bruise you can see, but not an open wound]
  • moQ - n - sphere
  • moQ - n - spiked pommel of a ~d'k tahg~ knife
  • moQbara` - n - martial arts form; ~Mok'bara~
  • moQbID - n - dome
  • moqlam - n - feldspar
  • mor - v - be agile, be dexterous [depending on context, could also be Soy'Ha']
  • morgh - v - protest
  • morgh - n - unit of area (27 square `ujmey)
  • morIS - n - Mauritius
  • morwI` - n - closest Klingon equivalent to an ant, based on what the bug looks like. [The Klingon version is noted for its dexterity or agility (hence the name), not strength. But Klingons use this for the Terran ant anyway.]
  • morwI` ghew - n - closest Klingon equivalent to an ant
  • moS - v - compromise
  • moSambIyqI - n - Mozambique
  • mot - v - be stunned, be knocked out [in the sense of "rendered unconscious or into a dazed state as a result of being hit (by a fist or a projectile, etc.)"]
  • motlh - adv - usually; typically; as expected; expectedly
  • motlh - v - be usual; be normal; be standard
  • motlhbe` - v - be unusual
  • mov - n - top of foot
  • moy`bI` - n - slingshot
  • mo` - n - cage
  • mo` - n - motive; motivation; grounds; reason; rationale [slang]
  • mo`rISqa` - n - Morska
  • mub - v - be legal
  • much - n - presentation
  • much - v - perform [music]
  • much - v - present
  • muchpa` - n - auditorium, theater
  • muchwI` - n - musician
  • much jech - n - costume (for a play)
  • much Qe` - n - cabaret (location) [such as a nightclub or restaurant where there's food/drink along with a show]
  • much yaH - n - stage (for performances)
  • muD - n - atmosphere
  • muD - n - weather [in general]
  • muD Dotlh - n - weather [at any given moment]
  • muD Duj - n - airplane
  • muD Hurgh Duj - n - blimp
  • muD `umber - n - climate [as in "the Klingon homeworld has a very hot climate"]
  • mugh - v - translate
  • mughato` - n - mugato
  • mughbogh permey - n - subtitles [only if translation is implied. Not to be used for closed captions]
  • mughwI` - n - translator
  • muH - v - execute; put to death
  • muj - v - be wrong; be in the wrong
  • mul - v - be stubborn
  • mum - v - taste; sense flavors; fancy, have a crush
  • mun - v - intervene
  • mun`a` - n - unit of area [A mun'a' is 729 morghmey]
  • mung - n - origin
  • mup - v - impact; strike
  • mupwI` - n - hammer
  • mupwI`Hom - n - mallet [for striking a musical instrument]
  • muq - v - have a volume of
  • mur - v - wince, cringe, flinch
  • murItanya` - n - Mauritania
  • muS - v - hate; detest
  • muSghoraw - n - valve
  • muSHa` - v - love
  • mut - n - species
  • mut - v - be selfish
  • mutchoH - n - evolution (Darwinian), less technical term
  • mutwa` - n - protozoan
  • mutlh - v - manufacture; construct; assemble; put together
  • mutlhwI` - n - construction worker
  • muv - v - join
  • muvmoH - v - recruit
  • muvtay - n - initiation
  • muylIS - n - eyelash
  • mu` - n - word
  • mu`ghom - n - dictionary
  • mu`qaD - n - curse
  • mu`qaD veS - n - curse warfare
  • mu`mey Doy` - n - tired words [used to refer to older Klingons language]
  • mu`mey ghoQ - n - slang; "fresh words" [mostly used by younger Klingons]
  • mu`mey ru` - n - temporary words [ungrammatical expression used for impact]
  • mu`neqo - n - Monaco
  • mu`tay` - n - vocabulary
  • mu`tlhegh - n - sentence
  • mu`tlhegh meS - n - paragraph
  • mu`vIb - n - whistle (with shrill sound -- a whistle (hand-held device) with a shrill sound used, for example, to give warnings and the like is a mu'vIb. It's not a musical instrument (except in the most avant-garde of compositions).)

n

  • nab - n - plan; procedure
  • nab - v - plan
  • nach - n - head
  • nach Ha`quj - n - scarf (as in headscarf) [slang]
  • naD - n - commendation
  • naD - v - praise; commend; approve
  • naD tetlh - n - Commendation List
  • naDev - n - here; hereabouts
  • naDHa` - v - discommend; disapprove
  • naDHa`ghach - n - discommendation
  • naDqa`ghach - n - re-commendation
  • nagh - n - ceramic material
  • nagh - n - rock; stone
  • nagh beQ - n - stone panel [artwork; similar to a painting]
  • nagh DIr - n - shell [of an animal]
  • nagh HeH - n - curb [of a road or street]
  • naghboch - n - gemstone
  • naghHom(mey) - n - gravel (for the stuff spread on the ground or used in making concrete, for example, yetmoS is more common)
  • naH - n - fruit; vegetable
  • naH - v - be hostile, malicious, unfriendly, antagonistic
  • naH taj - n - vegetable knife; fruit knife [small knife]
  • naHjej - n - thistle
  • naHlet - n - nut; nuts
  • naHnagh - n - pit [of fruit]
  • naj - v - dream; dream of/about
  • najmoHwI` - n - lullaby
  • nalqaD - n - mate challenge
  • nam - v - move counterclockwise
  • namchIl - n - chlorophyll
  • namIbya` - n - Namibia
  • namtun - n - beginning [of song]
  • namwech - n - paw
  • namyaS - n - hood (of a cloak, robe, sweatshirt, or whatever)
  • nan - n - type of martial arts kick
  • nan - v - gouge
  • nan - v - use the fourth toe [archaic]
  • nanwI` - n - chisel
  • nanwI` - n - fourth toe
  • nap - v - be simple
  • naptop - n - eclipse
  • naq - v - be iridescent
  • naQ - n - cain; staff
  • naQ - n - ponytail [slang]
  • naQ - v - be full; be whole; be entire; be complete
  • naQHa` - v - be ncomplete
  • naQHom - n - stick [used to strike percussion instrument]
  • naQjej - n - spear
  • naQjejHom - n - arrow [not really a Klingon gizmo]
  • naQ `er - n - brush devil (a Klingon animal)
  • nar - v - reflect (have something be bounced off a surface without absorption)
  • nargh - v - appear
  • nargh - v - escape
  • naS - v - be vicious
  • naSIn - n - vertical post of railing
  • natlIS - n - last entry in list; end of list
  • natlh - v - be reprehensible; be disgusting; be contemptible [slang]
  • natlh - v - use up; consume; expend
  • natlh - n - drain
  • nav - n - paper
  • nav HablI` - n - fax machine
  • nav qatwI` - n - envelope
  • nav QIn - n - letter (message written on paper)
  • nav vaH - n - envelope (paper cover)
  • navSu` - n - key, legend (as on a map)
  • nawlogh - n - squadron
  • naw` - n - access
  • naw` - v - access
  • naw`wat - n - remote, small, desolate place
  • nay - n - Klingon ~n~ sound
  • nay - v - marry [wife does this]
  • nayeghra - n - Niagara
  • nayjerya` - n - Nigeria
  • nay` - n - course; dish [at a meal]
  • nay` Qav - n - dessert
  • na` - v - be salty; be brackish
  • na` - v - be sure; be definite; be positive; be certain [slang]
  • na`choS - n - nachos
  • na`ran - n - type of fruit na`ran rur to be sweet
  • na`ran chang - n - marmalade
  • na`ran HuH - n - marmalade
  • na`ran wIblaw` - n - lime
  • na`vIy Hol - n - Na'vi
  • neb - n - beak; bill; nozzle (like on the end of a hose)
  • neb mIv - n - baseball cap
  • neb mIv let - n - baseball cap (worn by some while batting)
  • neb mIv tun - n - baseball cap
  • nebeylI` - n - sarcophagus (fancy)
  • nech - v - be lateral; move laterally
  • negh - n - soldiers
  • neH - adv - only; merely; just; alone
  • neH - v - want; desire
  • neHHa` - adv - not only
  • neHjej - n - thistle
  • neHmaH - n - neutral zone
  • nej - v - look for; seek; search for
  • nejwI` - n - probe
  • nel - v - match, pair up, map onto [like when fingerprints match]
  • nelchu` - v - fit in perfectly, fit perfectly [like a piece in a jigsaw puzzle; based on the verb nel match, pair up, map onto]
  • nelmeS - n - hyperlink
  • nelwI` - n - partner, mate (e.g. matching socks or gloves)
  • nem - n - years from now
  • nen - n - growth; maturation; maturity
  • nen - v - be mature; be grown-up; be adult
  • nenchoH - v - mature; grow up
  • nentay - n - Rite of Ascension
  • nentay cha`DIch - n - Second Rite of Ascension
  • nentay wa`DIch - n - First Rite of Ascension
  • nenghep - n - Age of Ascension
  • neng`el - n - metal grid, lattice
  • nep - v - lie; fib
  • nepwI` - n - liar
  • neq - v - intersect
  • neqjung - n - contact, encounter, rendezvous [The noun counterpart to ghom. It would be used in phrases such as neqjung wa`DIch first contact.]
  • neqratlh - n - glasses, spectacles
  • neS - v - be crunchy, be crispy
  • neSlo` - n - mirror [smaller]
  • neSngech - n - dormouse-like animal
  • net - pro - that [previous topic]
  • netlh - num - ten thousand [number-forming element]
  • nevDagh - n - type of pot with handles [used for food preparation]
  • nevroD - n - tentacle
  • nev`aQ - n - sarcophagus (simple)
  • nev`ob - n - thigh, upper arm
  • neyo Hol - n - Neo
  • ne` - n - yeoman
  • ne`Derlan - n - The Netherlands
  • nIb - v - be identical
  • nIbpoH - n - déjà vu
  • nIch - n - ammunition
  • nID - v - attempt; try
  • nIH - n - right [side]
  • nIH - v - steal
  • nIHwI` - n - thief
  • nIj - v - leak nIj pa` beb The ceiling is leaking.
  • nIl - v - be grassy
  • nIl`atrogh - n - charcoal
  • nIm - n - milk
  • nIm qulcher taD - n - ice xxxxx
  • nIm wIb ngogh - n - cheese
  • nIm tlhagh - n - butter
  • nImbuS wej - n - Nimbus III
  • nIn - n - fuel
  • nIpon - n - Japan
  • nIq - v - weave, knit
  • nIqDob - n - perforator, hole punch
  • nIqHom - n - software
  • nIQ - n - breakfast
  • nIS - v - hinder; disrupt; interfere [with]; cast/throw/make (a shadow) (QIb "shadow" would be the subject. The object, if specified, would be the surface onto which the shadow is cast.)
  • nISwI` - n - disruptor
  • nISwI` beH - n - disruptor rifle
  • nISwI` bej - n - disruptor rifle
  • nISwI` DaH - n - disruptor banks
  • nISwI` HIch - n - disruptor pistol; hand-held disruptor
  • nISwI` tIH - n - disruptor beam
  • nIt - v - be plain; be pure; be uncorrupted; be unsullied
  • nIteb - adv - alone; acting alone
  • nItebHa` - adv - together
  • nItlh - n - finger
  • nItlh gheb - n - trumpet
  • nItlh naQ - n - pigment stick [slang]
  • nItlh `echlet - n - keyboard (on computer/typewriter or the musical instrument)
  • nItlhpach - n - fingernail
  • nItlhpach - n - flat end of pigment stick
  • nIv - v - be superior; be great
  • nIve`Da` - n - Nevada
  • nIvqu` - v - be best
  • nIvnav - n - pajamdras
  • nIwqen - n - gill
  • nIyjer - n - Niger
  • nIyma` - n - phantom; apparition
  • nI` - v - be long; be lengthy [duration]
  • nob - n - gift
  • nob - v - give
  • nobHa` - v - give back; return
  • nobmeD - n - skeleton
  • noch - n - sensor
  • noD - v - retaliate; revenge; take vengeance; do something out of defiance
  • noDwI` - n - avenger
  • nogh - v - writhe
  • noghmanDIy - n - Normandy
  • noH - n - war [an individual war]
  • noH - v - judge; estimate
  • noHva`Dut - n - No'hvadut [ett geografisk region]
  • noj - v - lend
  • nol - n - funeral
  • nom - adv - fast; quickly
  • nompuq - n - authority, evidence, attestation, reference, citation ["source" in the literary sense]
  • non - v - be rotten
  • nong - v - be passionate
  • nop - v - omit
  • noq - n - nipple
  • noregh - n - Norway
  • norgh - n - type of animal; ~norg~ [sharklike sea creature]
  • norten`erlen - n - Northern Ireland
  • nortlham - n - descendant [pluralized with -pu`]
  • noS - v - eat in small mouthfuls; nibble
  • noSvagh - n - deodorant
  • not - adv - never
  • not vay` ngaghpu`bogh be` - n - virgin
  • notqa` - n - type of bird [large; black]
  • notron - n - curtain, drape [can also be used for things like a door or gate that opens and closes vertically, like a portcullis]
  • notlh - v - be obsolete notlh tonSaw`lIj. Your argument is invalid.
  • nov - n - alien; foreigner; outsider
  • nov - v - be foreign; be alien
  • noy - v - be famous; be well known
  • no` - n - ancestors
  • no` bov - n - historical times (long ago, but not prehistoric)
  • no` DIr - n - ancestor hanging [wall ornament]
  • no` Hol - n - ancient language
  • no`laS pa` - n - sitting room, lounge, parlor
  • no`negh - n - sulfur
  • no`QeD - n - genealogy
  • no`tej - n - genealogist
  • no``och - n - forehead [regional]
  • nub - v - be suspect
  • nubwI` - n - predecessor
  • nuch - n - coward
  • nuch Hergh - n - aspirin
  • nuD - v - examine
  • nugh - n - society [group of people with shared culture]
  • nughI` - v - twist knuckle into someone's head
  • nuH - n - possibility; option
  • nuH - n - weapon
  • nuH bey` - n - Pride of Weapons
  • nuHHom - n - small arms
  • nuHmey - n - arsenal
  • nuHpIn - n - weapons officer
  • nuj - n - mouth nuj yaj read lips [Used in a general way, one might say nujDu` vIyajlaH. When applied to a specific occurrence, one might say nujlIj vIyajlaH.]
  • nuj `In - n - beatboxing nuj `In chu` to beatbox
  • num - v - promote
  • nung - v - precede
  • nungmaH - n - hybrid
  • nup - v - decrease
  • nuq - q - what?
  • nuqDaq - q - where?
  • nuqjatlh - excl - what did you say?; huh?; what?
  • nuqneH - excl - what do you want? [greeting]
  • nuQ - v - annoy; bother
  • nur - n - dignity
  • nural - n - Neural
  • nuralngan - n - Neuralese
  • nuS - v - ridicule
  • nuv - n - person [humanoid]
  • nuyorgh - n - New York
  • nu` - v - be particularly small, be miniature
  • nu`Qan - n - alcove
  • nu`SIylan - n - New Zealand

ng

  • ngab - v - disappear; vanish
  • ngach - v - debate
  • ngaD - v - be stable; be balanced
  • ngaDmoH - v - stabilize
  • ngaDmoHwI` - n - stabilizer [component of a ship]
  • ngagh - v - mate with, sleep with
  • ngaH - v - squeeze (an object)
  • ngaj - v - be short [in duration]
  • ngajrun - n - puzzle, riddle [this is a made-up puzzle or riddle]
  • ngal - v - be chewy
  • ngam - v - adhere, stick [with -moH, the object is the thing that's stuck to or adhering to something else, marked by -Daq]
  • ngam`eQ - n - gluten
  • ngan - n - inhabitant
  • ngang - v - vary, be varying [This verb is used to express that something is varying or deviating from the norm or is varying or fluctuating so much that there isn’t a norm. (If the readouts on certain instruments on a ship did this, that would probably be bad news.)]
  • ngang - v - straddle
  • ngap - v - be consonant (in the sense of musical consonance or sympathetic vibrations)
  • ngapHa` - v - be discordant, dissonant
  • ngaq - n - support [military term]
  • ngaQ - v - be locked; be sealed; be secured; be fastened
  • ngaQHa`moH - v - sign in, log in
  • ngaQHa`moHwI` - n - key
  • ngaQmoH - v - sign out, log out
  • ngar - v - be miraculous, supernatural, wondrous
  • ngaS - v - contain [have inside]
  • ngat - n - gunpowder
  • ngat - n - herbed granulated cartilage [for food preparation]
  • ngat `atlhqam - n - a type of mold ["gunpowder fungus"]
  • ngav - n - writer's cramp
  • ngavyaw` - n - canine-like creature (larger than a qovIj) [a large animal, like the creatures that accompany the guards on Rura Penthe]
  • ngaw - v - erode (what water, wind, and so on do)
  • ngawDeq - n - mixing stick with flattened; paddlelike end
  • ngay - n - Klingon ~ng~ sound
  • ngayvo`wan - n - work pants (a kind of Klingon work pants)
  • ngay` - n - glory
  • nga`chuq - v - have sex; perform sex
  • ngeb - v - be counterfeit; be false; be fake
  • ngech - n - valley
  • ngech - n - woman's cleavage
  • ngeD - v - be easy
  • ngeng - n - lake
  • ngeH - v - send
  • ngeHbej - n - cosmos
  • ngeHmeH QIn nav - n - postcard
  • ngej - v - infect
  • ngel - v - attract, lure
  • ngelwI` - n - bait
  • ngem - n - forest; woods
  • ngen - v - be numb [of body parts; for emotions, use jemHa` or jemlaHbe`]
  • ngengroQ - n - a mythical huge creature, ten times as large as Kortar; extinct now, amphibious animal and may be up to one kellicam large
  • ngep - v - override
  • ngep`oS - n - stairs; stairway [except at ship door] [regional]
  • ngeq - v - hoard; store (put something someone to store it); cache; save, store (on a computer) ghuQ ngeqpu` qawwIj I've memorized the poem; I know the poem by heart
  • ngeQ - v - bump into; run into; collide with
  • nger - n - theory [in the scientific sense]
  • ngeS - v - bake (this pie ~ed well)
  • ngeSmoH - v - bake (Julie ~ed a pie)
  • ngeSmoHwI` - n - baker
  • ngeSlIch - n - loan
  • ngeSlIch `ap - n - interest [in one's bank account]
  • ngetlh - v - diffract
  • ngev - v - sell
  • ngevwI` - n - seller
  • nge` - v - take away
  • ngIb - n - ankle [also slang term of deprecation]
  • ngIbvay - n - weird animal found on Qo'noS that looks like a rock (like an oyster)
  • ngIDvoS - n - lead (element)
  • ngIj - v - be rowdy; be unruly
  • ngIl - v - dare
  • ngIm - v - be putrid
  • ngIn - v - be turbulent
  • ngIng - v - have a negative charge, be negatively charged
  • ngIp - v - borrow
  • ngIq - n - each; singular one; individual one
  • ngIr - v - knead, massage
  • ngIS - n - lubricant (for disruptor cannons)
  • ngItHel - n - type of musical instrument [can be played with a bow -- like a violin]
  • ngItHel naQ - n - bow [used to play a ngItHel]
  • ngItlh - v - be stuck [like when your car is stuck in the snow or Santa is stuck in the chimney or a ring is stuck on your finger or a nail is stuck in a piece of wood and you can't pull it out]
  • ngIv - v - patrol
  • ngI` - v - have a weight of; weigh; be pressurized
  • ngob`at - n - breast [female anatomy]
  • ngoch - n - policy
  • ngochjuH - n - quark (particle)
  • ngoD - n - fact
  • ngogh - n - block; lump; brick
  • ngogh mutlhwI` - n - bricklayer
  • ngogh tun - n - pillow
  • ngoH - v - smear; paint using fingers
  • ngoj - v - be restless
  • ngol - v - move ~bat'leth~ from horizontal to vertical orientation
  • ngolpel - n - sit-up
  • ngom - v - be geeky [This describes someone who is "into" a subject and knows a lot about it, but does not necessarily participate in associated activities the way a qatru` does. It could be a less intense version of ven.]
  • ngomwI` - n - geek
  • ngon - v - bubble [The verb ngon describes what water does when it's boiling: It's bubbling. Also, if you blow with a straw into a glass of water, then it's also bubble-ing, i.e. making bubbles. The person does not ngon, they ngonmoH the water. ]
  • ngonDer - n - nostalgia (often the object of SIQ)
  • ngong - n - experiment
  • ngong - v - experiment
  • ngop - n - plates [for eating]
  • ngoq - n - code
  • ngoqDe` - n - encoded message
  • ngoQ - n - goal; purpose
  • ngor - v - cheat
  • ngoS - v - dissolve
  • ngotrI` - n - latitude X ngotrI`. (It is at) latitude X.
  • ngotrI`tal - n - parallel
  • ngottal - n - [traditional term for coordinates]
  • ngotvI` - n - [traditional term for coordinates]
  • ngotlh - v - be fanatical
  • ngov - v - slither, wriggle, squirm, writhe (like a snake)
  • ngoy` - v - be responsible
  • ngo` - v - be old [not new]
  • ngub - v - migrate, immigrate, emigrate (In Klingon, there's only one word for these concepts: ngub. To specify immigration or emigration, make use of the suffixes -Daq and -vo' on the nouns referring to the destination or area of departure.)
  • nguD - v - be glued to
  • nguDwI` - n - glue
  • ngugh - adv - then; at that time
  • nguH - v - testify
  • nguHwI` - n - witness [one who testifies in court]
  • ngujlep - n - mouthpiece [of a wind instrument]
  • ngun - v - perch
  • ngup - n - authority; power; one in authority or in charge [slang]
  • ngup - n - cape [clothing]
  • ngup`a` - n - Dominion
  • nguq - v - be arrogant; be haughty; be conceited
  • ngur - v - be autistic/Aspie
  • nguSDI` - n - motor
  • ngutlh - n - letter, written character
  • ngutlh nagh - n - die/dice with letters
  • ngutlh tu`qom - n - font, typeface
  • nguv - v - be dyed; be stained; be tinted chay` nguv? What color is it?
  • nguvmoH - v - dye; stain; tint
  • nguy - v - scoff (does not take an object; used with -Daq)
  • ngu` - v - identify
  • ngu`lIj - n - soot, grime

o

p

  • pab - n - grammar
  • pab - v - follow [rules]
  • pab buv - n - part of speech
  • pabHa` - v - misfollow [rules]; follow [rules] wrongly
  • pach - n - claw; talon
  • pach moQ - n - gavel
  • pagh - conj - or; either/or
  • pagh - n - nothing; none; no one
  • pagh - num - zero
  • pagh ngaghpu`bogh be` - n - virgin
  • paghDIch - num - zeroth [about something that has not occurred]
  • paghlogh - adv - zero times; never [emphatic]
  • paghur - n - hermit, recluse
  • paH - n - gown; dress
  • paH bID - n - skirt
  • paj - v - resign
  • pal`ar - n - family member, kinsperson
  • pan - v - spark; emit sparks
  • pan - v - solve
  • panama` - n - Panama
  • pang - v - pluck [a stringed instrument]
  • panDa` - n - panda bear
  • papwanughI`nIy - n - Papua New Guinea
  • paq - n - book
  • paq Duj - n - bookmobile
  • paq nojwI` - n - librarian
  • paq nojwI` qach - n - library (building)
  • paq nojwI` tum - n - library (public)
  • paq `ay`mey - n - contents
  • paqIStan - n - Pakistan
  • paQ - v - meditate, cogitate, reflect
  • paQDI`norgh - n - teachings
  • par - v - dislike
  • parbIng - n - type of bird [mid-sized; with particularly garish coloring]
  • parchech - n - gypsum
  • pargh - n - be synthetic, artificial
  • parHa` - v - like
  • parIy - n - Paris
  • parmaq - n - love; romance
  • parmaq qep - n - date (romantic meeting, not a calendar date)
  • parmaqqay - n - romantic companion; romantic partner
  • paS - v - be late
  • paSjav - n - cinnamon-like Klingon plant [A paSjav is a Klingon tree whose bark is cut into strips and eaten along with certain foods or else is ground up (like ngat) and added to some other kinds of foods. (It's occasionally just ripped off of the tree and eaten then and there.) Non-Klingons who eat too much paSjav tend to start coughing. Klingons think this is pretty funny and never seem to tire of it.]
  • paSlogh - n - socks
  • paSlogh tuQ DaS - v - be inside-out
  • paSrIq - n - fabric used in carpets and rugs [not for clothing]
  • paSta` - n - pasta, noodles
  • pat - n - system
  • patat `oQqar - n - potato
  • patmor - n - emerald
  • patlh - n - level; layer; standing; rank [military; governmental]
  • patlh - v - be ranked, have a status, be graded
  • patlhmoH - v - rank, assign status, compare, sort ["When used with the 'compare' meaning, of course, the object of the verb is always plural. The implication that two (or more) things are ranked or sorted, they're ranked in comparison to one another"]
  • pav - v - be urgent
  • paw - v - arrive
  • paw` - v - butt heads [slang]
  • paw` - v - collide
  • paw`aD - n - vein
  • pay - n - Klingon ~p~ sound
  • pay - v - regret
  • pay` - adv - suddenly
  • pay`an - n - particle
  • pay`rIn - n - excavation, dug-up ruins
  • pa` - n - enclosed area [slang]
  • pa` - n - room; chamber
  • pa` - n - there; over there; thereabouts
  • pa`jaH - n - rhyme
  • pa`logh - n - the past (as a whole)
  • pa`raghway - n - Paraguay
  • pa`vo - n - Pahvo (planet)
  • pa` beb - n - ceiling [of a room on the top story of a structure]
  • pa` beb De`lor - n - stalactite
  • pa` reD - n - interior face of exterior wall
  • peb`ot - n - type of fruit
  • peD - v - snow, fall slowly (like snow) [When you cut your bread and the crumbs fall out (like snow), you use the verb peD. It can also be used for instance, when you throw confetti, and the confetti falls down, then use peD. So, with other words, peD still means to snow, but it does not only refer to snow, but can also be used for other small things falling down slowly or rain down, like ashes.]
  • pegh - n - secret
  • pegh - v - be secret
  • pegh - v - keep something secret
  • peghmey vIttlhegh - n - secrecy proverb
  • peHghep - n - Age of Inclusion
  • pej - v - demolish
  • pel`aQ - n - eggshell; coffin
  • pem - n - daytime
  • pemjep - n - midday
  • penSIlvenya` - n - Pennsylvania
  • peng - n - torpedo; missile
  • pep - v - raise
  • pep`en - n - current [in air or water]
  • peq - v - slaughter (connotes intention, targeting specific victims)
  • peQ - n - magnetism
  • peQ chem - n - magnetic field
  • peQnagh - n - magnet
  • per - n - label
  • per - v - label; ascertain; specify
  • per naH - n - pear
  • per yuD - n - code name
  • perletlh - n - stump (this applies to trees, etc., not to body parts)
  • peS - v - supply, furnish, provide, dispense [in the sense of "hand out, give out, distribute"] X qotmeH Y peS invest Y in X
  • pet - v - be welded (together)
  • petaQ - excl - [epithet]
  • petben - n - thump, thud petben tlhen make a thump/thud, go thump/thud
  • petqaD - n - bone-mender (medical device)
  • pey - n - acid
  • pe` - v - cut
  • pe`bIl - n - lightning
  • pe`meH `echlet - n - cutting board
  • pe`meH taj - n - cutting knife
  • pe`ru` - n - Peru
  • pe`vIl - adv - forcefully; by force
  • pe`vIlHa` - adv - gently
  • pe``egh - v - keep score
  • pIch - n - fault; blame
  • pIch - v - blame
  • pIchSIv - n - vinegar
  • pID - v - coat [food] with herbed mixture
  • pID - v - slang for laS (ink up, put paint on a brush)
  • pIgh - n - ruins
  • pIH - v - be suspicious
  • pIH - v - expect
  • pIj - adv - often; frequently
  • pIjHa` - adv - seldom; infrequently
  • pIl - v - be stimulated; be inspired; be motivated
  • pIlam naH - n - plum
  • pIlghIm - n - mast, flagpole
  • pIlIpIynaS - n - the Philippines
  • pIlmoH - v - stimulate; inspire; motivate
  • pIm - v - be different
  • pIn - n - boss; expert, authority [slang]; the person in charge of anything
  • pIn tlhoy` - n - territorial wall [e.g. Berlin Wall]
  • pInHom - n - apron (clothing) (slang)
  • pIn`a` - n - master
  • pIp - n - spine
  • pIpyuS - n - pipius [whose claws are used as food, requiring breaking]
  • pIq - n - time period from now (future)
  • pIqaD - n - Klingon writing system
  • pIqcho` - n - athlete
  • pIqcho` qaD - n - athletic competition, sport
  • pIqcho` Quj - n - athletic competition, sport
  • pIQ - v - be direct
  • pIQHa` - v - be indirect; be roundabout; be devious
  • pIr - v - be fertile (refers to both land and creatures)
  • pIraqSIS - n - Praxis [Klingon moon]
  • pIra`Ha - n - Prague
  • pIrmuS - n - bottom [underside of something; not interior bottom]
  • pItSa` chab - n - pizza
  • pItlh - excl - done; all done; all finished
  • pItlhbergh - n - Pittsburgh
  • pIv - v - be healthy
  • pIvchem - n - warp field
  • pIvghor - n - warp drive
  • pIvlob - n - warp factor
  • pIvyoch - n - pffiots (pungent Klingon beverage)
  • pIw - n - odor
  • pIw rebmugh - n - incense [used regardless of the material the incense is made of]
  • pI` - v - be fat [no implication of obesity]; be bold [typeface]
  • po - n - morning
  • po - n - Tibet
  • pob - n - hair [on body]; animal's hair or fur
  • pob yIvbeH - n - sweater
  • poch - v - plant
  • poD - v - be clipped
  • poDmoH - v - clip
  • pogh - n - glove
  • poH - n - period of time
  • poH - v - time
  • poj - n - analysis
  • poj - v - analyze
  • pol - v - keep; save; store (keep something somewhere); save, store (on a computer)
  • polHa` - v - discard
  • pom - n - dysentery
  • pomtut - n - battering ram
  • pon - v - persuade; convince
  • pong - n - name
  • pong - v - name; call
  • pop - n - reward; prize; honor; token of esteem [for an achievement]
  • popSop - n - sodium
  • poq - n - indigestion
  • poQ - v - demand; require
  • por - n - leaf [of a plant]; heart (card suit)
  • por Ho'Du` - n - rake (for leaves)
  • por pur - v - to smoke [a leaf]
  • porgh - n - body
  • porgh Dotlh - n - health
  • porgh mIw - n - bodily function
  • porghQeD - n - biology; anatomy [scientific study of bodily functions]
  • porghtej - n - biologist; anatomist
  • portughal - n - Portugal
  • poS - n - left [side]
  • poS - v - be open; be opened
  • poSmoH - v - open
  • potlh - n - consequential thing; something important; important thing
  • potlh - v - be important
  • pov - n - afternoon
  • pov - v - be excellent
  • povjaj - n - Tuesday
  • poymar - n - mystery [a real "mystery", something that confounds people]
  • poy` - v - confiscate
  • po` - v - be expert; be skilled
  • po`lIgh - n - sauce [any type of sauce]
  • po`lISqa` - n - Poland
  • po`lo - n - polo (sport)
  • po`lo yIvbeH - n - polo shirt
  • po`oH - n - corner [of the street, of a piece of paper]
  • po`wI` - n - expert
  • pub - v - boil
  • puboS - n - scapula
  • puch - n - toilet
  • puchpa` - n - washroom; toilet; bathroom
  • pugh - n - dregs
  • puH - n - land
  • puHley` - n - cape, point [This is a geographical term.]
  • puH beQ - n - plains, flatlands
  • puH Duj - n - car
  • puH nIl - n - grassland, steppe
  • puH taD - n - tundra
  • puH yIQ - n - swamp, wetlands
  • puj - v - be weak
  • pujmoH - v - weaken
  • pujwI` - n - weakling; weak one
  • pul - v - be ground up
  • pum - n - accusation
  • pum - v - accuse
  • pum - v - fall
  • pummoH - v - knock down
  • pumnuj - n - handcuffs, manacles
  • pumnuj reD`eS - n - inefficient bureaucracy
  • pun - v - be low; be deep (in pitch) [as in deep voice]
  • pung - n - mercy
  • pup - v - be perfect; be exact; be high-resolution
  • pupHa` - v - be approximate; If it's necessary to hedge one's bets adverbially, chaq "perhaps" and ghaytan "likely" are acceptable.
  • pup - v - kick
  • puq - n - child; offspring
  • puq chonnaQ - n - fork
  • puq Hol - n - baby talk [children's language]
  • puq lut - n - fairy tale
  • puq lut rorgh - n - fairy tale
  • puq poH - n - generation
  • puqbe` - n - daughter
  • puqloD - n - son
  • puqnI` - n - grandchild
  • puqnI`be` - n - granddaughter
  • puqnI`loD - n - grandson
  • puQ - v - be fed up
  • pur - v - inhale
  • puS - v - be few; be several; be a handful
  • puS - v - sight [with gunsight]
  • puv - v - fly
  • puy - v - wreck
  • puyjaq - n - nova
  • pu` - n - horn (of animal)
  • pu` - n - phaser
  • pu`beH - n - phaser rifle
  • pu`bej - n - phaser rifle
  • pu`beq - n - phaser crew
  • pu`DaH - n - phaser banks
  • pu`HIch - n - phaser pistol
  • pu`jIn - n - map; blueprint [architect's plan of a building etc.]
  • pu`porgh `oQqar - n - ginger
  • pu`veng - n - twig; also: cat's whiskers

q

  • qab - n - face
  • qab - v - be bad
  • qab jech - n - mask
  • qach - n - building; structure; house
  • qach choghvat - n - porch
  • qach DIS - n - basement
  • qach noy - n - landmark (building)
  • qaD - n - challenge; test of one's abilities; contest
  • qaD - v - challenge; face; resist; oppose; confront; do something out of defiance
  • qaD mIr - n - tournament
  • qaDrav - n - a place in the first city, "place of challenges"
  • qaDvan - n - probation
  • qagh - n - serpent worm [as food]; ~gagh~
  • qagh - v - interrupt
  • qaghwI` - n - Klingon ~'~ sound
  • qaH - n - sir
  • qaj - v - soar
  • qajunpaQ - n - courage; audacity
  • qal - v - be corrupt
  • qalIvornIya - n - California
  • qalmoH - v - corrupt
  • qalmuS - n - color (the state of being in color, as opposed to black-and-white)
  • qal`aq - n - frame, framework, supporting structure, skeleton
  • qam - n - foot
  • qam Do Duj - n - bicycle
  • qama` - n - prisoner
  • qamerun - n - Cameroon
  • qampuchIya` - n - Cambodia
  • qan - v - be old [not young]
  • qan - v - use the pinky [little finger]
  • qanQIy loS - n - Cancri IV (planet)
  • qanraD - n - type of bird [noted for its song]
  • qanwI` - n - pinky; little finger
  • qang - v - always [or routinely] cooperate or agree with [slang]
  • qang - v - pour [from one container into another]
  • qangtlhIn - n - beliefs, principles, standards, ethics, ideology
  • qap - v - insist
  • qappam - n - foundation [supporting under-structure of building]
  • qaq - v - be preferable; be better
  • qaq naH - n - closest Klingon equivalent to a watermelon
  • qar - v - be accurate; be right, be correct (of a phrase, fact)
  • qarDaS - n - Cardassia
  • qarDaSngan - n - Cardassian [person]
  • qarDaSQa` - n - Cardassian Union
  • qargh - v - be thick, bulky [usually for inanimate objects]
  • qarpal - n - trapezoid
  • qaryoq - n - type of bird [capable of mimicking speech]
  • qaryoq`a` - n - type of bird [large; capable of mimicking speech]
  • qaS - v - occur; happen
  • qaSaQtan - n - Kazakhstan
  • qat - v - accompany [singing] with instrumental music
  • qat - v - wrap; encase
  • qatalunya` - n - Catalonia
  • qatra` - n - Katra (vulcan soul)
  • qatru` - n - nerd
  • qatlh - q - why?
  • qatlhDa` - n - water pipe
  • qatvoH - n - shellfish, bivalve (clam, oyster, mussel, scallop, brachiopod) [There are a number of these sorts of creatures. qatvoH applies to various bivalves. Large qatvoHmey are served in non-Klingon restaurants that feature Klingon food, but they usually just call this dish "Jumbo Klingon Mollusks."]
  • qav`ap - n - value; amount [of money]; rent; cost, price
  • qav`ap juH - n - apartment [This is for a house or an apartment of any size that is not owned by the occupant. For a dwelling within a larger building containing several such dwellings (regardless of ownership), it's common to just say pa`mey (or occasionally just pa`).]
  • qaw - v - remember
  • qaw - n - memory [" . . . in the sense of the ability to remember or the power of recall"]
  • qawHaq - n - memory banks; data banks [singular]
  • qawmoH - v - remind
  • qaw` - v - flip over (intransitive)
  • qawno` - n - remembrance, memorial (gathering or ceremony to remember and honor someone who has died)
  • qaw`moH - v - flip over (transitive); turn (transitive, as in turning the pages of a book)
  • qay - n - Klingon ~q~ sound
  • qayrI`Hom - n - clavicle, collarbone
  • qaytu` - n - parent (gender-neutral term)
  • qay - v - use the middle finger [second finger]
  • qaytap - n - bill, act
  • qaywI` - n - middle finger; second finger
  • qay` - v - be a problem; be a hassle
  • qa` - n - spirit
  • qa` - v - replace; substitute for
  • qa`lIq Hol - n - Scottish Gaelic
  • qa`meH - n - replacement [permanent]
  • qa`meH vIttlhegh - n - replacement proverb
  • qa`mel - n - camel
  • qa`mInar - n - Kaminar
  • qa`nabIS - n - cannabis
  • qa`naDa` - n - Canada
  • qa`put - n - monkey-like creature [smallish and pretty monkey-like]
  • qa`ramel - n - caramel
  • qa`ramel Su`ghar Sawqe` - n - caramel
  • qa`rI` - n - end [of a long bounded space; e.g. corridor; conduit; road; bridge;
  • qa`rol - n - type of bird [really big; black]
  • qa`vam - n - Genesis; The Big Bang
  • qa`vaQ - n - hoop-and-stick maneuver; ~qa'vak~ [traditional game]
  • qa`vIn - n - coffee; type of beverage
  • qeb - v - squeeze [windbag instrument]
  • qebeq - n - Quebec
  • qebeq veng - n - Quebec City
  • qech - n - idea
  • qeD - v - vacate
  • qegh - n - vat; barrel [for storage of liquor]
  • qeH - v - resent
  • qej - v - be grouchy; be mean
  • qel - v - consider; take into account
  • qel - v - nod (This means lower the head slightly whether or not the head is again raised. So, among other things, it can refer to nodding to the beat of music or nodding off (falling asleep). The subject might be, for example, nach "head" (even though this might be considered redundant) or the nodder. It does not take an object; Okrand did not know if Klingons would nod to say yes. qel means "lower the head".) Qochbe' vaj qel nachDaj. S/He nods in agreement.
  • qelHay`ya - n - Kal'Hyah [Klingon equivalent of a bachelor party]
  • qelI`qam - n - ~kellicam~ [unit of length]
  • qelpIngan - n - Kelpien
  • qelpIya`ngan - n - Kelpien
  • qem - v - bring
  • qempa` - n - ancestor
  • qempa`QeH - n - proudest spirits of Gre'thor
  • qemyu`po` - n - cerebral palsy
  • qen - adv - recently; a short time ago
  • qen - v - wipe (object is surface being wiped, as in "I wipe my forehead")
  • qenSaS - n - Kansas
  • qenya` - n - Kenya
  • qeng - v - carry; convey
  • qenggharu` - n - kangaroo
  • qengHoD - n - treasure, booty, plunder, swag, loot [context determines the best translation. If there's a lot of stuff, the plural form qengHoDmey is often but not necessarily used. The resemblance to "Captain Kang" is coincidental, but, even so, Kang's crew was careful to never say qengHoDmey when he was around]
  • qep - n - meeting
  • qeq - n - drill [military]
  • qeq - v - practice; train; prepare
  • qeqchu` - v - train really well, to work really hard at it and achieve intended goals
  • qeQ - n feces, fecal matter
  • qeQvav - n - thingamajig, doodad
  • qer - v - shrink [get smaller, general]
  • qerHa` - v - un-shrink [grow back to original size]
  • qerjIq' - n - fireplace [specific place in a house for heating/food preperation]
  • qeS - n - advice
  • qeS - v - advise
  • qeSHoS - n - animal like a fox
  • qeSnoDmaj - n - closest Klingon equivalent to a jellyfish
  • qet - v - run; jog
  • qettlhup - n - type of sauce
  • qet`uy - n - pine cone, something that grows on certain kinds of trees and looks much like a pine cone as seen on Earth
  • qetlh - v - be dull; be uninteresting
  • qev - n - crowd
  • qev - v - crowd
  • qevaS - n - kevas
  • qevpob - n - jowl; cheek
  • qew - v - use the ring finger [third finger]
  • qewwI` - n - ring finger; third finger
  • qey - v - be in vain, futile
  • qeylIS betleH - n - Sword of Kahless
  • qeylIS mInDu` - n - Eyes of Kahless [a guessing game]
  • qey`Hav - n - vagina
  • qe`rot `oQqar - n - carrot
  • qIb - n - galaxy
  • qIbHeS - n - galactic rim
  • qIch - v - condemn
  • qID - n - joke
  • qID - v - joke; make a joke; tell a joke
  • qIgh - n - shortcut
  • qIH - v - meet [for the first time]
  • qIj - v - be black
  • qIj `ej wov - v - be gray
  • qIl - v - cancel; abort
  • qIm - v - pay attention; concentrate
  • qImHa` - v - disregard
  • qImroq - n - season
  • qIn - v - moan, groan
  • qInlat - n - Quin'lat, the city where the story of Kahless happens, where a man stands outside to wait for the storm to come and then dies
  • qInut - n - scythe, sickle, falx (This is a tool resembling a sickle. It's for agriculture, but, of course, it could be used as a weapon. If it has a long handle, "scythe" may be a better translation, though it's not quite either of them.)
  • qIp - v - hit [with hand; fist; implement]; knock [with hand, fist...]
  • qIproS - n - Cyprus
  • qIQ - v - mutiny
  • qIrbI` - n - hygiene
  • qIrIbaS - n - Kiribati
  • qIrqoD - n - a hardy, long-lived tree with twisted branches and needle-like leaves, like a pine
  • qIr`a` - n - continuum
  • qIS - n - be libidinous
  • qIt - v - be possible
  • qIt - n - a big, fat bird native to Kronos, which is able to fly, but not for a long time (like a guinea fowl)
  • qItbe` - n - female qIt
  • qItI`nga` - n - ~K'Tinga~ class [vessel]
  • qItloD - n - male qIt
  • qItoy - n - prostitute [slang]
  • qIv - n - knee
  • qIvon - n - body part [not further identified]
  • qIvon belmoH - excl - I need to go to the bathroom
  • qIvo`rIt - n - ~K'Vort~ class [vessel]
  • qI` - v - sign [a treaty]; register, sign up for (an account) ["register for an account" is mab qI']
  • qoch - n - partner
  • qoch - v - squeeze into (a space) [The object is the space into which the subject is squeezing itself.]
  • qoch`uq - n - rubber [The gummy material]
  • qoD - n - inside; interior
  • qogh - n - belt
  • qogh - n - ear [external; cartilaginous flap]
  • qoH - n - fool
  • qoj - conj - or; and/or
  • qoj - n - cliff
  • qol - v - pronounce [refers to articulation]
  • qol - n - connection of segments that are joined together; collocation Ho` qol set of teeth
  • qolqoS - n - core; essence; essential part of something
  • qol`om - n - gold
  • qomorIy - n - Comoros
  • qompogh - n - type of food
  • qon - v - compose
  • qon - v - record [any kind of recording or writing]
  • qonwI` - n - songwriter; composer
  • qonggho - n - Congo
  • qongmeS - n - sibling
  • qop - v - arrest
  • qoq - n - robot
  • qoq De`wI` Dojmey - n - botnet (computer jargon)
  • qor - v - scavenge
  • qorDu` - n - family
  • qorgh - v - stop up; fill a hole
  • qorghwI` - n - cork; pacifier
  • qoro`na javtIm - n - coronavirus
  • qorvIt - n - Korvit, type of animal which farmers try to capture with korvit-traps. These animals come at night and eat the fruits from the fields. They can destroy entire fields.
  • qoS - n - birthday
  • qoSo`va - n - Kosovo
  • qoSqa`rIy - n - Kos'Karii [Pale, serpent-like creatures which inhabited the waters crossed by the Barge of the Dead on its way to Gre'thor. This word is inherently plural. A singular one is `angwIl.]
  • qoStarI`qa - n - Costa Rica
  • qoSta` - n - strip; ribbon; tape [non-sticky]
  • qot - v - back, sponsor, support, capitalize, invest in [To specify what or how much is invested, make use of peS as in X qotmeH Y peS ("invest Y in X")]
  • qotDIvwar - n - Cote d'Ivoire, the Ivory Coast
  • qotlh - v - deserve; warrant
  • qotlh - v - tickle
  • qovDa` - n - exponent
  • qovIj - n - canine-like creature (smaller than a ngavyaw') [a smaller animal, similar to Kruge's pet]
  • qoy` - v - plead; beg
  • qo` - n - world; realm
  • qo` Sor - n - the big "Tree of the Worlds", where the ancient Klingon gods used to live in
  • qo`la` `awje` - n - cola
  • qo`qa` qo`la` - n - Coca-Cola
  • qo`qaD - n - phlegm
  • qo`qo - n - coconut
  • qo`rIn - n - chromium salts [used in tanning]
  • qo`rIn DIr - n - leather [Since this is removed from a body and then altered, it is considered a material, not a body part. The phrase is used in constructions like qo`rIn DIr qogh: leather belt.]
  • qo`rob - n - puppet [this is as in "puppet state" or "puppet government"]
  • qo`vID wa`maH Hut - n - COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2 disease)
  • qub - v - be rare
  • quba` - n - Cuba
  • qubbID - v - span, run, stretch (between) [There are two ways to say "between", depending on meaning. (1) "between A and B" means "at some (perhaps unknown) point between A and B". In this case, A and B are the extremes of a range. The construction makes use of rav minimum and 'aqroS maximum: rav A 'aqroS B... For example, rav cha' 'uj(mey) 'aqroS loS 'uj(mey) 'ab has a length between two and four ujes (it's at least two ujes long and no more than four). (2) "between A and B" means the full stretch of time (or distance or whatever), from one end of the span to the other. In this case, the noun qubbID is used: DaSjaj buqjaj (je) qubbID maleng we travel Monday to Friday or we travel between Monday and Friday. Compare: DaSjaj buqjaj (je) qubbID maghom we meet between Monday and Friday, we meet Moday to Friday and rav DaSjaj 'aqroS buqjaj maghom we meet between Moday and Friday, we meet at some point between Monday and Friday.]
  • quch - v - kidnap
  • quD - n - type of sauce
  • qugh - v - cruise
  • qughDo - n - cruising speed
  • qughDuj - n - cruiser
  • quH - n - heritage
  • quH - v - slice, carve
  • quHvaj - n - dandruff
  • qul - n - fire
  • qul chenmoH - v - light a fire, ignite
  • qul mI`wI` - n - fire dancer
  • qul naQ - n - match [for lighting fire]
  • qul ngeng - n - lava lake, fire lake
  • qul qaDwI` - n - firefighter
  • qul QongmoHwI` - n - firefighter, one who puts fires to sleep, but that's usually not applied until the fire is actually out
  • qul SuvwI` - n - firefighter
  • qul tuq - n - "House (family, ancestral unit) of Fire" name of an opera
  • qul tlhay`moHwI` - n - firefighter, lit. fire tamer (less frequent)
  • qul `alwI` - n - will-o'-the-wisp
  • qulcher - n - cream (dairy product)
  • qulHuD - n - volcano
  • qum - n - government
  • qum - v - govern
  • qum DuSaQ - n - public school
  • qumwI` - n - governor
  • qun - n - history
  • qun - v - scold
  • qunQeD - n - history (the science)
  • quntej - n - historian
  • qung - n - hole; perforation
  • qunI` - n - adverb; adverbial
  • qup - n - elder
  • quprIp - n - Council of Elders
  • quq - v - simultaneous; happen simultaneously
  • qur - v - be greedy
  • qurDIStan - n - Kurdistan
  • qurgh - n - bean; beans
  • qurleH - n - kur'leth (a type of weapon)
  • qurme` - n - ingredient [The plural qurme`mey is a secret formula, such as the formula for Coca-Cola.]
  • qurmoQ - n - larynx
  • qur`ep - n - wig
  • quS - n - chair
  • quSDI` - n - batch
  • quSlab - n - couch, bench, chair for multiple people
  • qut - n - crystal [geologic formation]
  • qut - v - predict [fraudulent or suspected to be fraudulent, or if it's a carnival act or the like]
  • qutluch - n - type of hand weapon; ~kut'luch~ [traditional assassin's knife]
  • qutluch tay - n - ~Kut'luch~ ceremony
  • qutlh - v - be cheap
  • qut na` - n - salt (culinary, halite) [also, sometimes, Do'ol na', presumably depending on the exact form of the substance.]
  • quv - n - honor [personal honor, earned by one's behavior]
  • quv - v - be honored; be honorable
  • quv bey` - n - honor display
  • quvHa` - v - be dishonored
  • quvHa`ghach - n - dishonor; corruption
  • quvHa`ghach mIr - n - losing streak
  • quvHa`moH - v - dishonor
  • quvmoH - v - honor choquvmoH thank you (to one person) tuquvmoH thank you (to multiple people)
  • quvyaH - n - habit
  • quwenya` Hol - n - Quenya
  • quy`Ip - n - vomit
  • qu` - excl - great; wonderful [slang]
  • qu` - v - be fierce; be great; be wonderful; be excellent; be superlative; be
  • qu`vIgh - n - member (of an august body, like the Klingon High Council)
  • qu`vu` - n - pyramid with three-sided base

Q

  • Qa - v - grow (increase in size) [general term] Qa jIb The hair is long.
  • Qab - n - theragen
  • Qach - v - wield; swing [a weapon]
  • QaD - v - be dry; be dried out
  • QaD - v - be safe; be protected [slang]
  • QaDmoHwI` DIr - n - towel
  • Qagh - n - error; mistake; [computer] bug
  • Qagh - v - err; be mistaken; make a mistake
  • QaH - n - help
  • QaH - v - help; aid
  • QaHa` - v - un-grow [shrink, get smaller back to original size]
  • Qaj - n - type of animal; ~kradge~
  • Qaj tlhuQ - n - type of food; ~kradge~ tail
  • Qajnav - n - diaper
  • Qal - n - swim
  • QalmeH DoQmIv`a` - n - swimming pool
  • Qam - v - stand
  • Qan - v - protect
  • Qang - n - chancellor
  • Qap - v - win [a competition]
  • Qap - v - work; function; succeed; operate; be in operation
  • Qapchu` - v - to win (a particularly decisive or gratifying victory)
  • Qapla` - n - success
  • QaplaStep - n - spool; reel; spindle
  • QapwI` mIr - n - winning streak [less common way to say it]
  • Qaq - v - behave falsely honorably; behave in a falsely honorable manner
  • QaQ - v - be good QaQchu` be of good quality QaQbej be of good quality QaQqu` be of good quality
  • Qargh - n - fissure
  • QaS - n - troops
  • Qat - v - be popular
  • Qatlh - v - be complex; be difficult
  • Qav - v - be final; be last
  • Qaw - v - rub (object is surface being rubbed; if you use something to rub (like a cloth), then use the verb lo` with that thing)
  • Qaw` - v - destroy
  • Qay - n - Klingon ~Q~ sound
  • Qay - v - transfer
  • Qay` - v - blow one's top; lose one's temper
  • Qay` - v - use the little toe [fifth toe] [archaic]
  • Qay`mol - n - puzzle [like a jigsaw puzzle or those metal hoops that need to be untangled or any puzzle that involves a physical object or objects that must be manipulated.]
  • Qay`mol teSra` - n - puzzle piece [referring to a jigsaw puzzle]
  • Qay`wI` - n - little toe; fifth toe
  • Qa` - n - type of animal
  • Qa`Hom - n - type of animal [similar to a ~Qa'~; but smaller]
  • Qa`raj - n - type of animal; ~ka'raj~
  • Qeb - n - ponytail holder [slang]
  • Qeb - n - ring [for finger]
  • Qechjem - n - stem, stalk
  • Qechjem`a` - n - trunk (of tree)
  • QeD - n - science
  • QeDpIn - n - science officer
  • QeH - n - anger
  • QeH - v - be angry; be mad
  • Qej - v - cherish, treasure; value; prize; consider precious
  • Qel - n - doctor; physician
  • Qem - v - holster, sheathe, pocket (weapon, tool, instrument)
  • QemjIq - n - hole; cavity
  • Qen - v - be naked, be nude
  • Qenno` - n - pulp (of a plant)
  • Qenvob - n - ground-up; dried-up mixture for brewing tea; tea-brewing mixture
  • Qep - v - be anxious (about), worry (about) [takes an object]
  • Qep`It - n - gas produced within the body [belch; flatulence etc.]
  • Qeq - v - aim; face (The object is the one oriented toward someone or something, and the thing or person being faced is marked with -Daq. With this meaning, this verb is often used with -'egh or -chuq.)
  • Qev - v - stew
  • Qey - v - be tight
  • QeyHa` - v - be loose
  • QeyHa`moH - v - loosen
  • QeymoH - v - tighten
  • Qey` - v - be cool (moderately cold)
  • Qe` - n - restaurant
  • Qe` much - n - cabaret (show) [the show performed in a much Qe']
  • Qe`jIj - n - catalyst
  • QI - n - bridge [e.g. over river]
  • QIb - n - shadow
  • QIb - v - filter, strain, sieve, sift [Only for physical filtering, not for filtering words. The object is the thing that gets filtered.]
  • QIch - n - speech [vocal sounds]
  • QIch wab - n - phoneme
  • QIch wab Ho`DoS - n - pronunciation
  • QIch wab Sar - n - allophone
  • QID - v - wound
  • QIghpej - n - Klingon agonizer
  • QIH - n - damage; destruction; wound
  • QIH - v - damage; cause damage
  • QIH - v - wrong; treat unjustly
  • QIj - v - explain
  • QIl - v - be desperate [" . . . as when there's no way out, they have nothing to lose. This includes ideas like 'last-ditch, do-or-die, hopeless, doomed'"]
  • QIm - n - egg
  • QIm julHom - n - yolk (slang)
  • QImHal - n - ovary
  • QIn - n - message
  • QIn - n - sharp end [e.g. on pen]; spearhead
  • QIn - v - inject
  • QIn pup - n - plain spearhead [with single sharp point]
  • QIn tum - n - postal service
  • QIn tum qach - n - post office
  • QIn vagh - n - spearhead [with multiple points]
  • QIn `echletHom - n - postcard
  • QIncha` - n - type of animal; ~krincha~
  • QIngheb - n - an ancient weapon similar to the ghIntaq-spear. The handle is longer and the blade has a bent horn at the end. Not used very often anymore.
  • QIp - v - be stupid
  • QIq - v - draw, pull out (weapon, tool, instrument)
  • QIS - n - wavy-bladed knife
  • QIS - v - stitch (the object is the thing being sewn or stitched together); sew
  • QISmaS - n - Christmas
  • QIt - adv - slowly
  • QIv - v - be inferior
  • QI` - n - military
  • QI`lop - n - a traditional holiday
  • QI`tomer - n - Khitomer [planet]
  • QI`tu` - n - Paradise
  • QI`yaH - excl - *?!#@ [curse]
  • Qo - n - tendency, propensity
  • Qob - n - danger
  • Qob - v - be dangerous
  • Qoch - v - disagree
  • Qochbe` - v - agree
  • QoD - v - maneuver [engines]
  • Qogh - n - type of animal
  • QoghIj - n - brain [organ]
  • Qoghogh - v - snort [like a pig does, but not restricted to pigs or targs]
  • QoH - v - tap
  • Qoj - v - make war
  • Qol - v - beam away
  • Qom - v - be hazardous; be perilous; be treacherous [slang]
  • Qom - v - experience an earthquake or tremor
  • QonoS - n - journal; log
  • Qong - v - sleep
  • QongDaq - n - bed
  • QongDaq buq - n - pillow; bed pouch
  • QongDaq buqHom - n - pillow; bed pouch
  • QongDaq `echlet tun - n - mattress
  • QongDaqDaq - n - in bed
  • QongmoH - n - put to sleep; extinguish [fire]
  • Qop - v - be dead [referring to food] [slang]
  • Qop - v - be worn out
  • QopmoH - v - wear out
  • QoQ - n - music
  • QoQ ghom - n - band (group playing music)
  • QoQ ngutlh - n - written musical note (when referring to the glyph or character itself)
  • QoQ jan - n - musical instrument
  • QoQ yaH - n - stage (for musical performances)
  • Qor - v - fight; battle [very minor fight]
  • Qorgh - v - take care of; care for
  • Qorwagh - n - window
  • QoS - v - be sorry
  • Qot - v - lie; recline
  • Qotmagh Sep - n - Krotmag region
  • Qotlh - v - disable
  • Qovpatlh - excl - [epithet]
  • Qoy - v - hear; listen to
  • Qoy` - v - spill
  • Qoyje` - n - certificate, diploma
  • Qoylu`taH - v - the clock is ticking (idiomatically) [Is used in a situation when one is working towards a deadline, for instance.]
  • Qo` - excl - no; I won't; I refuse; I disagree
  • Qo`noS - n - Kronos [the Klingon home world]
  • Qu - v - cast (metal)
  • Qub - v - think
  • Quch - n - forehead
  • Quch - v - be happy; be merry
  • QuchHa` - v - be unhappy
  • QuD - n - insurrection
  • Qugh - n - disaster
  • Quj - n - game
  • Quj - v - play a game
  • QujmeH moQ - n - ball
  • QujwI` lIw - n - game token; game piece
  • Qul - v - research
  • Qulpa` - n - research lab
  • Qum - n - communication
  • Qum - v - communicate
  • QumeH ngaSwI` - n - mold (for casting)
  • QumpIn - n - communications officer
  • Qumran - n - scroll
  • QumwI` - n - communicator; communications device
  • Qun - n - god; supernatural being
  • Qung - v - be rounded, blunt [like the corner of table that is not a sharp angle]
  • Qup - v - be young
  • QuQ - n - engine
  • Qur - n - structure, organization, arrangement, anatomy
  • QuS - n - conspiracy
  • QuS - v - conspire
  • Qut - v - be vulgar
  • Qutlh - v - support
  • Quv - n - coordinates
  • Qu` - n - duty; quest; mission; task; chore
  • Qu`Hom - n - errand
  • Qu`vatlh - excl - #*@! [general invective]

r

  • rab - v - be gigantic, be huge, be humongous, be giant, be enormous
  • rach - v - invigorate; fortify; strengthen
  • rachwI` - n - nurse
  • raD - v - force; compel
  • ragh - v - decay; rust; corrode
  • raghghan - n - doll, action figure, miniature humanoid
  • raHta` - n - type of food; ~racht~
  • rajma` - n - kidney
  • ral - v - be violent
  • ram - n - night
  • ram - v - be trivial; be trifling; be unimportant; be insignificant
  • ramDung - n - gum (as in chewing gum) (This really refers to a not-sweet Klingon version of gum)
  • ramjep - n - midnight
  • rap - v - be the same
  • rapmar - n- oar
  • raq - v - be repetitive/redundant
  • raqvel - n - railing without post
  • raQ - n - camp [military term]; outpost
  • raQ - v - manipulate by hand; handle [One can {raQ} a {betleH}, meaning move it around in various ways, but the {betleH} by itself isn’t doing anything. Indeed, one may {raQ} any (non-powered) hand tool. By extension, {raQ} is also used for creating a work of art, since the clay or stone or whatever just sits there until the {raQwI’} (so to speak) comes along.]
  • raQpo` - n - passenger
  • rar - v - connect
  • rarchuq - v - be related [generally/conceptually, from rar "connect"]
  • rarwI` - n - plug [this is "connector"; an electric plug is `ul rarwI`]
  • raS - n - table
  • raS De`wI` - n - desktop computer
  • raSber naH - n - raspberry
  • raSya` - n - Russia
  • raS`IS - n - seed
  • raS`IS moQ naH - n - pomegranate
  • ratlh - v - remain
  • rav - n - floor
  • rav - n - minimum
  • rav De`lor - n - stalagmite
  • ravngI` - n - furniture, item of furniture (stand-alone only, not built-in)
  • rav`eq - n - ceiling [of a room that has a room above it]
  • raw - v - lightning
  • raw` - n - type of bird [aquatic; colorful plumage]
  • ray - n - Klingon ~r~ sound; trill; ray tlhen make an r sound, trill
  • rayQeD - n - genetics
  • raytej - n - geneticist
  • raywal - n - booth (small building) [Has a roof, not like a cubicle or carrel open at the top. A raywal is usually used for people; a HuDyar is used for storage.]
  • ray` - n - targets
  • ray` tIr - n - rice
  • ra` - v - order; command; conduct (an orchestra)
  • ra`Duch - n - triangle
  • ra`Duch puj - n - scalene triangle
  • ra`Duch quv - n - isosceles triangle
  • ra`Duch tIQ - n - equilateral triangle
  • ra`Duch tut - n - prism with three-sided base
  • ra`ghomquv - n - High Command
  • ra`taj - n - coffee with liquor; type of beverage
  • ra`wI` - n - commander
  • ra`wI` lupwI` - n - taxi
  • ra`yIn - n - Rhine
  • rebmugh - n - resin
  • rech - v - exhale
  • reD - n - exterior wall; side [of something]
  • reDlIgh - n - fluorine
  • reDyev - n - shortage
  • reD`eS - n - bureaucracy [The slang expression pumnuj reD`eS is used if things are definitely inefficient]
  • regh - v - bleed
  • reghuluS - n - Regulus
  • reghuluS `Iwghargh - n - Regulan bloodworm
  • reghuluSngan - n - Regulan
  • reH - adv - always
  • reH - v - play
  • rejghun - n - undergarments, underwear [This refers to underwear in general. To be more specific, say rejghun yopwaH bID, etc.]
  • rejghun yopwaH bID - n - underpants
  • rejmorgh - n - worrywart
  • rel - v - be dazed [in the sense of confused, unable to think properly, bewildered]
  • relleghDaq - n - psychokinesis, telekinesis
  • rem - v - suck (e.g. through a straw)
  • remloS - n - gut, guts
  • rem`ay` - n - diaphragm, thoracic diaphragm (body part)
  • ren - v - design, map out, plan (a physical object)
  • renwI` - n - designer, architect
  • renyarDaq - n - psychic ability
  • renyarDaq QeD - n - parapsychology
  • renyarDaq tej - n - parapsychologist
  • rep - n - hour; o'clock
  • repnuj - n - gum (oral anatomy)
  • republIyqaDomInIqa`na - n - Dominican Republic
  • rep`eSlaqram - n - mascot
  • req - n - wax
  • reqwer - n - shrimp-like animal
  • reS - v - grow (flowers/plant/vegetables) [as in "she grows carrots"]
  • reS - v - conjure, cast a spell
  • reStav - n - shin, forearm
  • reStav Hom - n - shinbone, tibia
  • ret - n - time period ago
  • ret - v - be most recent
  • retlaw - n - dent, indentation
  • ret`aq - n - handle; hilt [of knife; ~bat'leth~]
  • retlh - n - area beside; area next to
  • rev - v - quote
  • rewbe` - n - citizen
  • rewve` - n - air (everyday word)
  • rewve` mIjdang - n - fan, handheld fan
  • rey - v - squeeze and stretch out [windbag instrument]
  • rey` - n - special performance or presentation [This is a noun that's kind of hard to define in a word or two, but it refers to a performance or presentation that's pretty special in some way. Maybe it's something that happens only once, not to be repeated. Or maybe it occurs regularly but not very often, so it's something looked forward to well in advance. Maybe it's something that features a special performer or performers.]
  • re`chIv - n - internal organ
  • re`Hom`at - n - scarf (on neck)
  • re`lIng - n - instinct (singular)
  • rIb - v - be spread, spread out [like a deck of cards fanned out on a table or peanut butter on a piece of bread]
  • rIch - v - talk about, discuss [The object of this verb is the topic of the discussion.]
  • rIchwIn - n - directive, injunction
  • rID - v - digest (the process food goes through)
  • rID`oH - n - the closest Klingon equivalent to barley
  • rID`oH HIq - n - barley liquor, beer made from barley
  • rIgh - v - be lame
  • rIH - v - energize
  • rIHwI` - n - energizer
  • rIj - v - be moored, be anchored
  • rIjHa` - v - be adrift; float (in air/space)
  • rIjmeH tlhegh - n - tether, leash
  • rIjwI` - n - tether, leash (short form)
  • rIl - v - play [a horn/wind instrument]
  • rIl - v - use the thumb [usually used to/about children]
  • rIlwI` - n - thumb [usually used to/about children]
  • rImbey - n - hormone
  • rIn - v - be accomplished; be finished
  • rIp - n - council; assembly
  • rIq - v - pioneer, break through, innovate [This would apply to a scientific breakthrough or discovery, but not to, say, setting a new record in a bat'leth twirling competition]
  • rIQ - v - be injured; be damaged
  • rIQmoH - v - injure
  • rIS - n - click rIS tlhen (it) produces a click sound
  • rIS - v - make a clicking, cracking, or snapping sound, emit a signal [rIS originally referred to emitting sound only. Later the meaning was extended to mean emitting any sort of signal – sound, radiation, smell, etc. tlhuD refers to radiation only.]
  • rISlIw - n - tar
  • rIt - v - summon
  • rItlh - n - pigment; paint; dye
  • rItlh naQ - n - pigment stick
  • rItlh vol - n - stencil
  • rItlh `echlet - n - ink pad
  • rIv - v - split [like an axe does to a watermelon]
  • rIvSo` - n - embassy
  • rIymuS - n - Remus
  • rI` - v - hail
  • rI`gheS - n - deflector (singular)
  • rI`meH wovmoHwI` - n - beacon
  • rI`Se` - n - hailing frequency
  • rI`wI` - n - loudspeaker
  • ro - n - trunk [of body]
  • rober - n - axis
  • rober jan - n - lathe
  • robwIl - n - nightmare (this can be the object of naj "dream" or SIQ "endure" and some other verbs, but generally not ghaj "have" (unless you somehow literally possess a nightmare))
  • rob`agh - n - hologram
  • roD - adv - customarily; habitually; regularly; automatically; routinely
  • roDSer - n - dimension
  • roDSon - n - uvula
  • rogh - v - ferment
  • roghmoH - v - cause to ferment
  • roghvaH - n - population
  • roj - n - peace
  • roj - v - make peace
  • rojHom - n - truce
  • rojmab - n - peace treaty
  • rojmab qep - n - peace talks; peace meeting
  • rol - n - beard
  • rol taj - n - razor
  • rom - n - accord
  • romanI`ya` - n - Romania
  • roma` - n - Rome
  • romta` - n - octave
  • romton - n - bracket, corbel
  • romuluS - n - Romulus
  • romuluS HIq - n - Romulan ale
  • romuluSngan - n - Romulan
  • rom`on - n - zinc
  • ron - v - be banking; be rolling [aircraft rotates around longitudinal axis];
  • ronmoH - v - throw [dice]; bank [aircraft]; roll
  • rong - v - roast, grill, broil [can be used generally, not just for how Terrans tend to ruin food]
  • rop - n - disease
  • rop - v - be sick; be ill
  • roptoj - n - scar (result of some sort of disease, infection, etc.)
  • ropyaH - n - infirmary
  • ropyaH qach - n - hospital
  • rop`a` - n - plague
  • roQ - v - put down
  • ror - v - be fat, not lean [implies bulk due to body fat or the like; anthropomorphizes inanimate objects]
  • rorgh - v - be fantasy [This is "be fantastic" in the fantasy sense; it does not mean "be wonderful, terrific"]
  • roS - v - lick; roSbe` (slang) be randy, be horny
  • roS - v - use the third toe [archaic]
  • roSghaH - n - DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
  • roSHa`moH - v - paralyze [cause to be paralyzed]
  • roSmaH - n - chromosome
  • roSmaH bID - n - X chromosome [two roSmaH bID chromosomes occur in Klingon females, one roSmaH bID chromosome and one roSmaH pagh chromosome occur in Klingon males.]
  • roSmaH pagh - n - Y chromosome [one roSmaH bID chromosome and one roSmaH pagh chromosome occur in Klingon males.]
  • roSqa` - n - archaeological artifact
  • roSqa`QeD - n - archaeology
  • roSqa`tej - n - archaeologist
  • roSwI` - n - third toe
  • rotlh - v - be tough
  • ro` - n - fist
  • ro` mojchugh ghIt -- on the other hand
  • ro`qa` - n - tonsil
  • ro`qegh`Iwchab - n - rokeg blood pie
  • ro`Sa` - n - rose
  • rubyo` - n - politician
  • ruch - v - proceed; go ahead; do it
  • ruDelya` - n - Rudellia
  • ruDelya` rop`a` - n - Rudellian plague
  • rugh - n - antimatter
  • ruH - v - blush
  • ruj - v - be physical (subject to the laws of physics; could be applied to something corporeal but also to energy)
  • run - v - be short [in stature; of hair]
  • runpI` - n - teapot
  • rup - v - fine; tax
  • ruq - v - belch; burp
  • ruqwI` - n - grenade (slang term)
  • ruq`e`vet - n - Ruk'evet [city in Gevchok region]
  • ruQ - v - control manually; by hand [refers to controlling or handling something that can or may do something on its own (or due to some source of power), but the manual intervention causes it to do something else or behave differently. So if your robot vacuum cleaner starts wandering off in a direction you don’t want it to go, you could {ruQ} it to get it back on track (by, say, picking it up and reorienting it).]
  • rur - v - resemble
  • rura` pente` - n - Rura Penthe
  • ruryuD - n - rhinoceros-like animal
  • ruS - n - bond
  • ruS - v - have a positive charge, be positively charged
  • ruStay - n - bonding ritual
  • ruSvep - n - invitation
  • rut - adv - sometimes; occasionally
  • rutneD - n - hoe
  • rutlh - n - wheel
  • rutlh - v - be round [like a circle]
  • rutlh `echlet - n - skateboard
  • rutlhHom - n - scroll wheel on a computer mouse
  • ruv - n - justice
  • ruv nay` - n - dessert
  • ruv`etlh - n - sword of justice
  • ruwanDa - n - Rwanda
  • ru` - v - be temporary
  • ru`Ha` - v - be permanent

S

  • Sa - v - rhyme with [For "A rhymes with B", you could say B Sa A or Sachuq A B je (which might be better translated as "A and B rhyme").]
  • Sab - v - decline; deteriorate
  • Sach - v - expand [can be used [as an adjective] for: be amplified, fleshed out, elaborated, increased in scope, etc.], be magnified
  • SaD - num - thousand [number-forming element]
  • Sagh - v - be serious
  • Saghan - num - billion [1,000 times one million]
  • SaH - v - be present [not absent]
  • SaH - v - care [about]; be concerned [about]
  • SaHa`ra` - n - Sahara
  • SaHHa`ghach - n - disinterest; apathy
  • Saj - n - pet
  • Sal - v - ascend
  • Sam - v - locate; seek and find
  • Sam - n - shawm
  • SambaSa Hol - n - Sambahsa
  • SambIya - n - Zambia
  • SammarI`no - n - San Marino
  • Sammowa - 'n - Samoa
  • San - n - fate, destiny
  • SanDIy - n - scar (result of a wound received in the course of fighting/battling)
  • SanID - num - thousand [number-forming element]
  • SanmIr - n - spore
  • Santay - n - zantai (honorific, grade 4)
  • Santlhar - n - silicon
  • San`emDer - n - plant [This refers to an individual plant, typically with stems, leaves, etc. It is not used for fungi or algae.]
  • San`on - n - bit (of computer memory)
  • Sang - v - obliterate
  • Sap - v - volunteer
  • Saq - v - land [on ground]
  • SaqDaq - n - landing site
  • Saqghom - n - landing party
  • Saqjan - n - landing gear
  • SaQ - v - cry [not scream]
  • SaQatvelo` - n - Georgia (country)
  • Sar - n - variety
  • Sar - v - be varied; be various
  • Sarbruqen - n - Saarbrücken (Germany)
  • Sargh - n - type of animal resembling a horse; ~sark~
  • SaS - v - be horizontal
  • SaS - v - be shallow; be superficial; be uncritical [slang]
  • SaS - v - be unfortunate; be not good [slang]
  • Sat - v - be stuck [like being stuck in a meeting or stuck in traffic; also, for some reason, it be would be for a cat stuck in a tree]
  • Satlh - n - agriculture
  • Savvanwer - n - nonave
  • Saw - v - marry [husband does this]
  • Sawlay - n - gesture [Maltz didn't know a verb for this. To use a gesture is Sawlay lo` or else a specific gesture verb (such as SIq, qay, etc.).]
  • Sawqe` - n - nugget, chunk, clump
  • SawtavrI`qa` - n - South Africa
  • Saw` - v - have a depth of
  • Say - n - Klingon ~S~ sound
  • Say` - v - be clean
  • Say`qIS - n - dust, powder
  • Say`qu`moH - v - sterilize
  • Say`moHmeH DoQmIv`a - n - bathtub
  • Say`moHwI` tlhagh - n - soap
  • Sa` - n - general [rank]
  • Sa`Hut - n - ass, rear end, buttocks; back [of something]; trunk, boot (of a car)
  • Sa`Qej Sep - n - Sakrej region
  • Sech - n - torch
  • SeD - v - drive (a land vehicle); ride (a horse, bicycle, etc.)
  • SeDveq - n - barbed spearhead
  • Segh - n - race [type; sort; class]
  • SeH - v - control
  • SeHlaw - n - control panel
  • SemI`tIS Hol - n - Semitish
  • Sen - v - use the thumb [usually used to/about adults]; scoff (slang)
  • Sen - n - Seine
  • SenDeq - n - twin
  • SenDeq ghuD - n - identical twin
  • SenDeq tlhIn - n - fraternal twin
  • Seneghal - n - Senegal
  • Senjorgh - n - grenade
  • SenwI` - n - thumb [usually used to/about adults]
  • SenwI` rIlwI` je - n - everybody (idiomatic phrase)
  • Seng - n - trouble
  • Seng - v - cause trouble
  • Sep - n - region; country
  • Sep - v - breed wejlogh Sep1egh cha1 chen chorgh. Two to the third power is eight.
  • Separ - n - type of gemstone; ~separ~
  • Seq - n - fault [seismic]
  • SeQ - v - be formal; be ritualistic; be ceremonial
  • SeQHa` - v - be casual
  • Ser - n - progress
  • SermanyuQ - n - Sherman's Planet
  • Serrum - n - earwax
  • SeS - n - steam
  • SeS ghItwI` - n - geyser (from which steam is emitted)
  • SeSor - n - subject (in syntax)
  • SetqIn - adv - alternatively, instead, rather
  • Setlhlo` - n - arsenic
  • Sev - n - bandage
  • Sev - v - contain [an enemy]
  • Sey - v - be excited
  • SeymoH - v - excite
  • Se` - n - frequency [radio]
  • Se`tu` - n - saucepan
  • Se`vernamaqeDonya` - n - (North) Macedonia
  • Se`vIr - n - publication
  • SIbDoH - n - satellite
  • SIbI` - adv - immediately
  • SIbI`Ha` - v - later; eventually; after a delay
  • SIch - v - reach
  • SIchIyparIy - n - Albania
  • SID - n - patient
  • SIgh - v - influence
  • SIH - v - bend
  • SIHHa'moH - v - solve (slang)
  • SIHmoH - n - bend [transitive]; raise (one's eyebrows)
  • SIj - v - be insightful; be clever; have a keen mind [slang]
  • SIj - v - slit; slash
  • SIjwI` - n - type of knife [used for food preparation]
  • SIl - v - divert
  • SIla` - n - mirror [larger]
  • SIlovenISqa` - n - Slovakia
  • SIlove`nIya - n - Slovenia
  • SIm - v - calculate
  • SImbabwe - n - Zimbabwe
  • SImroD - n - power (physics)
  • SImyon - n - degree (unit of measure for temperature)
  • SInan - n - compass (refers to any kind of compass. If necessary, one might distinguish by adding tlhIngan or tera' or whatever needed.)
  • SInDarIn Hol - n - Sindarin
  • SIntlher - n - prehistoric animal; dinosaur [non-scientific, general term]
  • SIngapor - n - Singapore
  • SIp - n - gas
  • SIprat - n - bristle, stiff hair or filament
  • SIq - v - use the index finger [first finger]
  • SIqenDInavya` - n - Scandinavia
  • SIqnaSwaq - n - elf, gnome, a type of small person
  • SIqotlan - n - Scotland
  • SIqwI` - n - index finger; first finger
  • SIQ - v - endure; bear
  • SIQab`el - n - Scrabble (the game)
  • SIQwI` - n - celebrant; recipient
  • SIr - v - be unique, be unprecedented
  • SIrbIya` - n - Serbia
  • SIrgh - n - string; thread; filament; spaghetti
  • SIrgh may`ron raS - n - piano or harpsichord
  • SIrgh moqwI` may`ron raS - n - piano
  • SIrgh pangwI` may`ron raS - n - harpsichord
  • SIrgh raghghan - n - puppet [literally "string doll", the doll that is used in performances]
  • SIrgh `aplom - n - bead
  • SIrgh `o`lav - n - snare drum
  • SIrHagh - n - buffoon, laughingstock (particularly insulting version of SIrHugh)
  • SIrHugh - n - buffoon, laughingstock
  • SIrIl - n- hook
  • SIrIylangqa - n - Sri Lanka
  • SIrlIy - n - silver
  • SIryoD - n - body armor (old form)
  • SIr`eq - n - unit of radioactive decay
  • SIr`o` - n - network, web, mesh, lattice, nexus
  • SIS - v - rain
  • SIS yoD - n - umbrella
  • SIv - v - wonder
  • SIyech - n - cane, reed
  • SIye`ralIyon - n - Sierra Leone
  • Soch - n - seventh tone of nonatonic musical scale
  • Soch - num - seven
  • Soch reD mey` - n - heptagon
  • Soch reD `Impey` - n - pyramid [with seven-sided base]
  • SochbIp - num - seven hundred thousand
  • SochbIpDIch - num - seven hundred thousandth
  • SochbIp`uy` - num - seven hundred billion
  • SochbIp`uy`DIch - num - seven hundred billionth
  • SochDIch - num - seventh
  • SochmaH - num - seventy
  • SochmaHDIch - num - seventieth
  • SochmaHSaghan - num - seventy billion
  • SochmaHSaghanDIch - num - seventy billionth
  • SochmaH`uy` - num - seventy million
  • SochmaH`uy`DIch - num - seventy millionth
  • Sochnetlh - num - seventy thousand
  • SochnetlhDIch - num - seventy thousandth
  • Sochnetlh`uy` - num - seventy billion
  • Sochnetlh`uy`DIch - num - seventy billionth
  • SochSaD - num - seven thousand
  • SochSaDbIp - num - seven thousand million
  • SochSaDbIpDIch - num - seven thousand millionth
  • SochSaDDIch - num - seven thousandth
  • SochSaDSaghan - num - seven trillion
  • SochSaDSaghanDIch - num - seven trillionth
  • SochSaghan - num - seven billion
  • SochSaghanDIch - num - seven billionth
  • SochSanID - num - seven thousand
  • SochSanIDbIp - num - seven thousand million
  • SochSanIDbIpDIch - num - seven thousand millionth
  • SochSanIDDIch - num - seven thousandth
  • SochSanIDSaghan - num - seven trillion
  • SochSanIDSaghanDIch - num - seven trillionth
  • Sochvatlh - num - seven hundred
  • SochvatlhbIp - num - seventy million
  • SochvatlhbIpDIch - num - seventy millionth
  • SochvatlhDIch - num - seven hundredth
  • SochvatlhSaghan - num - seven hundred billion
  • SochvatlhSaghanDIch - num - seven hundred billionth
  • Sochvatlh`uy` - num - seven hundred million
  • Sochvatlh`uyDIch - num - seven hundred millionth
  • Soch`uy` - num - seven million
  • Soch`uy`DIch - num - seven millionth
  • SoD - n - flood
  • SoD - v - flood
  • Sogh - n - lieutenant
  • SoH - pro - you
  • Soj - n - food; drink; matter; concern; affair [idiomatic use]
  • Soj choHwI` - n - replicator that produces food [slang]
  • Soj chuv - n - leftover food
  • Soj qub - n - haute cuisine
  • Soj naQ - n - chopstick
  • Sol - v - quarrel
  • Sol - n - Sol, the Sun (Earth's sun)
  • Sol cha` - n - Venus
  • Sol chorgh - n - Neptune
  • Sol jav - n - Saturn
  • Sol loS - n - Mars
  • Sol Soch - n - Uranus
  • Sol vagh - n - Jupiter
  • Sol wa` - n - Mercury
  • SolbIS - n - whale, dolphin, porpoise [Any fishlike creature that has to come up to breathe air]
  • SolDeS - n - sail
  • SolreySol Hol - n - Solresol
  • Solrogh - n - railing, guardrail, banister
  • Solrogh tut - n - support for railing
  • Som - n - hull
  • Soma`lIya - n - Somalia
  • SommI` - n - tool, implement, instrument
  • Somraw - n - muscle
  • Son - v - relieve (in the sense of relieving stress or pain)
  • SonchIy - n - death ritual [for a leader]
  • Sonme` - n - set, group, party (Groups made up of a specific number of members (whether people or otherwise) are referred to idiomatically by using Sonme' ("set, group, party") preceded by the number, so wej Sonme' is "group of three, party of three, trio, triplet," loS Sonme' is "quartet, quadruplet," and so on. cha' Sonme' ("group of two, duo") could mean twins, but SenDeqpu' is far more common.)
  • Sop - v - eat
  • SopwI`pa` - n - mess hall
  • SoQ - n - speech; lecture; address
  • SoQ - v - be closed; be shut
  • SoQmoH - v - close; shut
  • Sor - n - tree; club (card suit)
  • Sor DIr - n - bark (of tree)
  • Sor Hap - n - wood
  • Sor Hap `In - n - percussion instrument made of wood
  • Sor `IventoH - n - pine cone, lit. tree pineapple (the proper term is qet'uy)
  • Sorgh - v - sabotage
  • Sorghmang - n - sabotage
  • Sornagh - n - coma
  • Sorpuq - n - copper
  • Sorya` - n - Sauria
  • SoS - n - mother
  • SoSbor - n - core; motherboard
  • SoSbor`a` - n - main core
  • SoSnI` - n - grandmother
  • SoS taj - n - mother's knife
  • Sot - v - be distressed; be in distress
  • Sotlaw` - n - distress call
  • Sotlhqel - n - yolk
  • Sov - n - knowledge
  • Sov - v - know
  • Soy` - v - be clumsy
  • So` - v - hide; cloak; encrypt
  • So`chIm - n - soh-chim
  • So`Ha` - v - decloak; decrypt [done with permission, by an authorized party]
  • So`mIS Hol - n - Somish [conlang]
  • So`wI` - n - cloaking device
  • Sub - n - hero
  • Sub - v - be brave; be heroic; be bold; be valiant; be intrepid [slang]
  • Sub - v - be solid
  • SubmaH - n - fraction, ratio [can be used to mean "frequency" in such constructions as wanI' SubmaH "frequency, occurrence ratio" or yay SubmaH" victory ratio" or "frequency of victories"]
  • Subpu` vaS - n - Hall of Heroes
  • Such - v - visit
  • Suchtuv - n - dream (oneiric experience), hallucination (use with SIQ or naj)
  • SuD - v - be green; be blue; be yellow
  • SuD - v - gamble; take a chance; take a risk
  • SuD `ej wov - v - be light blue; be blonde
  • SuDan - n - Sudan
  • Sugh - v - install [in office]
  • SuH - excl - ready; standing by
  • Suj - v - disturb
  • Sum - v - be near; be nearby
  • Sum - n - Zoom (videochat app)
  • Sumlugh - n - definition (as a definition of a word in a monolingual dictionary)
  • Sun - n - discipline
  • Suntay` - n - pollen
  • Sung - n - native
  • Sup - n - resource
  • Sup - v - jump
  • SupDIng - n - plant similar to cotton
  • Supghew - n - type of stringed instrument (like a ukulele)
  • Suq - v - acquire; obtain; get; catch
  • Suqqa` - v - prepare ~qud~ in a specific way
  • SuqSIv - n - core (of an apple, planet, sun, but not a group)
  • SuqwIl - n - hiss SuqwIl tlhen to hiss
  • SuQ - v - be toxic
  • Surchem - n - force field
  • Surgh - v - skin
  • SurIna`ma - n - Suriname
  • Surma` - n - force (physics concept)
  • Surmen - n - pressure
  • Surya` - n - Syria
  • SuS - n - wind; breeze
  • SuS - v - blow [into wind instrument] to produce sound
  • SuS may`ron raS - n - organ (musical instrument)
  • SuS mIjdang - n - fan, handheld fan
  • SuSDeq - n - windbag; bellows
  • SuSHom - n - whirlwind
  • SuS`a` - n - tornado
  • Sut - n - clothing
  • Sut DeSwar - n - wardrobe, clothing closet
  • Sut HabmoHwI` - n - iron
  • Sut veragh - n - button [part of clothing]
  • Sutay - n - sutai (honorific, grade 3)
  • Suto`vo`qor - n - Sto-Vo-Kor
  • Sutra`ber naH - n - strawberry
  • Sutlh - v - negotiate
  • Sutlhne` - n - amateur
  • Suv - v - fight
  • Suvchu` - v - fight to the death
  • Suverya` - n - Sweden
  • SuvwI` - n - warrior
  • SuwISya` - n - Switzerland
  • SuwomIy - n - Finland
  • Suy - n - merchant
  • SuyDar - n - qubit
  • SuyDar San`on - n - qubit
  • SuyDuj - n - merchant ship
  • SuynIj - n - sweat, perspiration
  • Suy` - n - type of animal; ~shooy~
  • Su` - excl - ready; standing by
  • Su`ghar qut - n - sugar
  • Su`ghar ramDung - n - gum (as in chewing gum)
  • Su`ghar Sawqe` - n - candy
  • Su`ghar SIrghmey - n - cotton candy
  • Su`lop - n - type of food
  • Su`nIm - n - raised profile, ridges, pattern (as in fingerprints, tires, shoe tread)
  • Su`roq - n - floor (in building) (Su'roq wa'DIch is the ground floor, then Su'roq cha'DIch etc.)
  • Su`wan ghew - n - insect like a butterfly
  • Su`wIn - n - whistle (A large whistle with a deep sound, such as on a large ship (seagoing ship — a starship is not likely to have one of these) or at a factory.)

t

  • ta - n - record
  • tab - v - wane, ebb, dwindle (talking about phases of a moon), idiomatic usage: "not applying yourself fully to the task at hand"
  • tabHa` - v - wax (talking about phases of a moon)
  • tach - n - bar; saloon; cocktail lounge
  • tach - v - turn over [if something flipped over on its own accord or seemingly on its own accord]
  • tachmoH - v - turn over [You'd be more likely to use tachmoH than yoymoH when moving someone from a prone to supine position. And you'd be more likely to use yoymoH than tachmoH when flipping over hamburgers or pancakes. On the other hand, either would be fine or flipping over cards, with yoymoH implying a quicker or crisper action.]
  • taD - v - be frozen
  • taDmoH - v - freeze
  • tagh - n - lung
  • tagh - v - begin a process; initiate proceedings
  • tagha` - adv - finally; at last
  • taH - v - be at a negative angle
  • taH - v - continue; go on; endure; survive
  • taHqeq - excl - [epithet]
  • taH taH taH - n - et cetera, etc. [informal]
  • taj - n - knife; dagger
  • taj Hol - n - propaganda
  • tajHommey - n - retractable small blades on a ~d'k tahg~ knife
  • tajtIq - n - type of knife
  • tajvaj - n - angle; corner [of a room]
  • tajvaj leD - n - right angle
  • tajvajHom - n - acute angle
  • tajvaj`a` - n - obtuse angle
  • tal - n - cannon
  • talarngan - n - Talarian [person]
  • tallIt - n - cobalt
  • tam - v - be quiet
  • tam - v - exchange; substitute; replace
  • tamghay - n - light, luminescence, illumination
  • tamler - n - element (in chemistry)
  • tamlerQeD - n - chemistry
  • tamlerQeD yaH - n - chemistry lab
  • tamlertej - n - chemist
  • tammoH - v - silence
  • tampere - n - Tampere [a city in Finland]
  • tanje`rIn - n - tangerine, clementine, mandarin
  • tanSanI`ya - n - Tanzania
  • tang - v - trip, stumble
  • tangqa` - n - type of animal [similar to a bull; used about both male and female]
  • tap - v - mash; squash
  • tapqej - n - fruit similar to a cherry
  • taq - v - be scarred
  • taqmoH - v - scar
  • taq`ev - n - Tak'ev [city or region]
  • taQ - v - be weird
  • taQbang - n - exhaust; slang for either "urine" or "fecal matter"
  • tar - n - poison
  • tarDIghaD - n - tardigrade
  • targh - n - targ
  • targh tIq - n - type of food; heart of targ
  • targhoroj - n - one of several crab-like animals found on Qo'noS
  • targho`nI` - n - tungsten
  • tarleq - n - herb (This is a term used only in reference to food preparation)
  • tarngeb - n - uranium
  • taS - n - solution [liquid]
  • taSman - n - ditch
  • tat - n - ion
  • tat taS - n - electrolyte
  • tatlh - v - return [a thing to its origin or source]
  • tav - v - shake [transitive] tav neH tinker with [slang]
  • tavwI` - n - amateur (slang)
  • taw - n - road, street, path, etc (physical version of He)
  • taw `ay` - n - city block
  • tawI`yan - n - Tawi'yan [Klingon counterpart (more or less) of the best man at a wedding. This is normally translated as "sword-bearer," but etymologically that's not quite right. It's a frozen and somewhat modified form of an old word which was apparently something like taywI`yan, having something to do with ceremony or ritual tay and sword yan, but the details of the old grammatical construction are unknown.]
  • tawleHnu` - n - hopeless situation (snafu, fubar)
  • tawleHnu` pogh - n - emphatically hopeless situation
  • taw` - v - be ridgy, embossed [the opposite of `ap (be dented) (not used for foreheads)]
  • tay - n - ceremony; rite; ritual
  • tay - n - Klingon ~t~ sound
  • tay - v - be civilized
  • tay - n - tai (honorific, grade 1)
  • taygher - n - tiger
  • taymey - n - section of a book or play or the like that's separate from the main portion of the work. taymey is a frozen form and is considered singular. It's okay to say taymeymey.
  • taymoH - v - civilize
  • tayqeq - n - civilization
  • tay` - v - be together
  • ta` - n - accomplishment; deed
  • ta` - n - emperor
  • ta` - v - accomplish
  • ta` Hol - n - standard dialect
  • ta` tlhIngan Hol - n - standard dialect
  • ta`qo - n - taco
  • teb - v - fill
  • teblaw` - n - jurisdiction
  • tebwI` - n - food server in a ~Dok'e~ [fast-food restaurant]
  • teghbat - n - type of animal; ~teg'bat~
  • teH - v - be true; be right, be correct (of a phrase, fact)
  • tej - n - scientist
  • tel - n - wing
  • tellarngan - n - Tellarite
  • telun Hovtay` - n - Tellun Star System
  • telya` - n - pancreas
  • tel`em - n - mentor
  • tem - v - deny, contradict, disavow, claim as false [It does not mean "refuse, reject, turn down, don't permit".]
  • tem - n - electron
  • ten - v - embark (intransitive)
  • tennuS - n - uncle [father's brother]
  • tennuSnal - n - uncle [father's sister's husband]
  • tenwal - n - page (in a book)
  • tengchaH - n - space station
  • tep - n - cargo; baggage
  • tepqengwI` - n - cargo carrier; cargo lift
  • teq - v - remove; take off
  • tera` - n - Earth
  • tera` bIQ lung`a` - n - alligator, crocodile
  • tera` buq`ach - n - trombone
  • tera` chuch mIl`oD - n - polar bear
  • tera` ghIch rop - n - common cold
  • tera` HIq qIj - n - stout (beer)
  • tera` `Insong majaj - n - cauliflower
  • tera` `IventoH - n - pineapple
  • tera` mabeb - n - frog, toad
  • tera` majaj tIy - n - kale
  • tera` majajHom' - n - Brussels sprouts
  • tera` nagh DIr charwI` - n - snail
  • tera` na`ran - n - orange [fruit]
  • tera` na`ran chang - n - marmalade
  • tera` na`ran HuH - n - marmalade
  • tera` na`ran wIb - n - lemon
  • tera` na`ran`a` - n - grapefruit
  • tera` paSjav - n - cinnamon
  • tera` peb`ot - n - cucumber
  • tera` qet`uy - n - pine cone (Terran)
  • tera` qIrqoD - n - pine
  • tera` qIrqoD qet`uy - n - pine cone (Terran)
  • tera` ramDung - n - gum (as in chewing gum)
  • tera` raS`IS moQ naH - n - pomegranate
  • tera` rop bIr - n - common cold
  • tera` tapqej - n - cherry
  • tera` tlhuH rop - n - common cold
  • tera` valqe` - n - bat (animal)
  • tera` vIghro``a` - n - Terran big cat (lion, tiger, jaguar, etc.)
  • tera` voDchuch - n - spider (large Terran spider)
  • tera` voDchuchHom - n - spider (small Terran spider)
  • tera` yav `atlhqam - n - mushroom
  • tera` `arDeH - n - ivy (Terran)
  • tera` `epIn - n - peach
  • tera` `ImtIy - n - llama, alpaca, vicuña, guanaco
  • tera` `oQqar qIj - n - licorice
  • tera`ngan - n - Terran; Earther
  • teS - n - ear [internal; organ of hearing]
  • teS HablI` - n - wireless earbud
  • teSra` - n - tile (such as a Scrabble piece)
  • tet - v - melt
  • tetyub - n - enamel, coating (This refers to any sort of artificial coating, not just enamel. It does not apply to teeth.)
  • tetlh - n - roll; scroll; list
  • tetlh - v - roll [as a log rolls down a hill]
  • tev - n - prize
  • tey - v - scrape
  • tey - v - be uncomfortable, be close [for the sense of being close or not having wiggle room or leeway (If you were victorious, but just barely made it at the last minute or something like that, you could say tey yay.)]
  • teybe` - v - be comfortable, be easy [for the sense of being not close or having wiggle room or leeway (e.g. a comfortable distance away [from something] or a comfortable victory)]
  • teywI` - n - file
  • teywI` `echlet - n - chalkboard or whiteboard or any similar surface that can be erased and reused
  • tey` - n - cousin [father's brother's child or mother's sister's child];
  • tey` - v - confide
  • tey`be` - n - female cousin [father's brother's daughter or mother's sister's
  • tey`loD - n - male cousin [father's brother's son or mother's sister's son];
  • tI - n - vegetation
  • tIb - v - be nervous; be uneasy
  • tIch - v - insult
  • tIgh - n - custom
  • tIH - n - ray; beam
  • tIH - n - shaft [of spear]; the plural tIHmey means railroad tracks.
  • tIH javmaH - n - X-ray
  • tIH wej - n - gamma ray
  • tIj - v - board; go aboard
  • tIjwI` - n - boarder
  • tIjwI`ghom - n - boarding party
  • tIl - v - salivate
  • tIlqemchaw` - n - thingamajig, whatchamacallit
  • tIn - v - be big
  • tIng - n - area southwestward; area towards the southwest
  • tIngDagh - n - type of stringed instrument (like a cello)
  • tIpqan - n - ash, ashes [Inherently plural]
  • tIq - n - heart
  • tIq - v - be long; be lengthy [of an object; used for long hair]
  • tIq Hom - n - dim sum
  • tIqnagh - n - type of animal; ~tknag~
  • tIqnagh lemDu` - n - type of food; ~tknag~ hooves; [always referred to in plural]
  • tIQ - v - be ancient
  • tIr - n - grain
  • tIr - v - be arranged in a stack, be superimposed ["Superimpose A and B" is A B je tIrmoHchu`. One way to say "superimpose A on(to) B" is B-Daq A lanchu`. ]
  • tIr ngat - n - bread crumbs
  • tIr ngogh - n - bread
  • tIr ngogh QaD - n - toast
  • tIr ngogh vutwI` - n - baker (Most common is vutwI` preceded, if need be, by tIr ngogh or chab or whatever, but ngeSmoHwI` is possible.)
  • tIrI`nIDaD tabey`gho je - n - Trinidad and Tobago
  • tIro`ma Hol - n - Traumae [conlang]
  • tIS - v - be light [weight]
  • tIv - v - enjoy
  • tIw - v - react emotionally, behave emotionally
  • tIy - v - be curly
  • tI` - v - fix; repair
  • tI`qa` vIghro` - n - type of animal; ~tika~ cat
  • tI`rIl - n - Trill (planet)
  • tI`rIlngan - n - Trill (people)
  • tI`wI` - n - repairer; repairman
  • tI`yap - n - magnesium
  • tob - v - test conclusively; prove
  • toba`qo - n - tobacco
  • toch - n - palm [of hand] toch yo clap
  • toch - v - be actual, concrete, practical, pragmatic, applied ("applied" here as in applied physics)
  • toch baQpel - n - variant of baQpel with underhand grip, palms face exerciser
  • toch choQpel - n - pull-up (underhand grip, palms face exerciser)
  • tochmu` - n - bribe / normally used with the verb chup (recommend, suggest) and sometimes with much (present)
  • toD - n - rescue
  • toD - v - save; rescue
  • toDDuj - n - rescue ship
  • toDSaH - excl - [epithet]
  • toDuj - n - courage; bravery; mettle
  • togh - v - count
  • togho - n - Togo
  • toH - excl - so; well
  • tol - v - go through, pass through, pass among [This is for passing through a crowd, or other group of objects.]
  • toj - v - deceive; trick; bluff
  • tom - v - tilt
  • tomat naH - n - tomato
  • tomter - n - funnel
  • tonSaw` - n - fighting technique [used to name martial arts poses or stances; much is used for striking a pose, and takes the named stance as the object (tonSaw' may be dropped from the name if it's clear)]
  • tongDuj - n - freighter
  • toplIn - n - topaline
  • toppa` - n - type of animal; ~topah~
  • toq - v - be inhabited
  • toqpISIn Hol - n - Tok Pisin
  • toqvIr lung - n - type of animal; Tokvirian skink
  • toqwIn - n - (rubber) stamp
  • toQ - n - type of bird [bird of prey]
  • toQDuj - n - Bird of Prey [vessel]
  • tor - v - be pitching; be tilting [aircraft tilts nose up or down]
  • tor - v - kneel
  • toranto - n' - Toronto
  • torSIv - n - fiction
  • toS - v - climb
  • toSwI' qal'aq - n - climbing apparatus, jungle gym
  • totlh - n - commodore
  • tova`Daq - n - mind sharing
  • toy` - v - serve [a master]
  • toyDal - n - tactic (singular)
  • toy`wI` - n - servant
  • toy`wI``a` - n - slave
  • to` - n - tactics
  • to`baj - n - type of animal; ~tobbaj~
  • to`nga - n - Tonga
  • to`qIpo`na Hol - n - Toki Pona
  • to`qIypo`na Hol - n - Toki Pona
  • to`waQ - n - ligament; tendon to`waQ yIv take some time to consider a matter
  • tu - v - blink (does not take an object; you say "my eyes blink")
  • tuch - n - the future (as a whole)
  • tuch - v - forbid
  • tuch rIt - v - prophesy, see the future, know the future [For Klingons, the "prophet" is able to "summon" the future somehow. ]
  • tuch rItwI` - n - prophet [Not the religious person like Jesus or Mohammed, but more some kind of a person who seems to be able to see or know things that others can't.]
  • tuD - v - thunder
  • tugh - adv - soon
  • tugh - excl - hurry up!
  • tuH - n - maneuver [military term]
  • tuH - v - be ashamed
  • tuHmoH - v - shame
  • tuj - n - heat
  • tuj - v - be hot
  • tuj muvwI` - n - thermo-suture
  • tuj `otlh - n - infrared, infrared radiation
  • tul - v - hope
  • tum - n - agency
  • tun - v - be soft
  • tung - v - discourage
  • tungHa` - v - encourage
  • tungyen - n - concrete
  • tungyen Say`qIS - n - cement
  • tup - n - minute [of time]
  • tup - v - be conceptual, abstract, pure ("pure" here as in pure physics as opposed to applied physics)
  • tuq - n - tribe; house; ancestral unit
  • tuq Degh - n - family crest
  • tuqjIjQa` - n - United Kingdom; UK
  • tuqnIgh - n - member of a house
  • tuqvol - n - forehead [regional]
  • tuQ - v - wear [clothes]
  • tuQDoq - n - mind sifter [Klingon psychic probe]
  • tuQHa`moH - v - undress; take off [clothes]
  • tuQmoH - v - dress; put on [clothes]
  • tur - v - carry out, conduct (a mission), perform (duties)
  • turIqya` - n - Turkey
  • turmIq - n - urine
  • turmIq `enDeq - n - urinary bladder [Strictly, the noun `enDeq refers to anatomy, but it can be used metaphorically in other contexts, which is the way it works in English.]
  • turwI` - n - server (computer) [if clarity is needed, say De`wI` turwI` "computer server"; in context, turwI` alone is enough]
  • tuS - v - cough
  • tut - n - column
  • tut Duj - n - lift, elevator ["column vehicle"; this is the cab, not the whole system]
  • tutren - n - inside of limb
  • tutlh - v - be tattooed, have a tattoo
  • tutlh - v - be official [this is slang for "official"; when asked Maltz said nothing about "canon"]
  • tutlhmoH - v - tattoo
  • tuv - v - be patient
  • tuva`lu - n - Tuvalu
  • tuy` - v - spit out [liquids]
  • tu` - v - discover; find; observe; notice
  • tu`HomI`raH - n - something useless; useless thing; burden
  • tu`lIp - n - tulip
  • tu`lum - n - teacup [older or upper-class word]
  • tu`lu` - v - someone/something finds it; there is
  • tu`mI` - n - sock [one of a paSlogh chang'eng]
  • tu`nIS - n - Tunisia
  • tu`qom - n - shape, form, appearance, configuration tlhaj negh; chen tu'qom. The soldiers march in formation.

tlh

  • tlhab - n - freedom; independence
  • tlhab - v - be free; be independent
  • tlhach - n - faction; sect
  • tlhach mu`mey - n - argot; jargon
  • tlhagh - n - fat; animal fat
  • tlhaghnay - n - Throgni [a type of plant]
  • tlhagh patat `oQqar naQHommey - n - french fries
  • tlhaj - v - process, parade, march [See also boghoy procession/parade/march.]
  • tlham - n - gravity; slang for order, structure [societal]
  • tlham - v - slide
  • tlham rI`gheS - n - parachute
  • tlhamchem - n - gravitational field
  • tlhamI` - n - geode
  • tlhan - v - dig [the object is dirt or soil or a field or a road, for example, not "hole"]
  • tlhap - v - take
  • tlhapqa` - n - retrieve
  • tlhapragh - n - monster
  • tlhaptIH - n - tractor beam
  • tlhaq - n - chronometer; clock
  • tlhaQ - v - be funny
  • tlhar - v - be allergic, be allergic to
  • tlhargh - v - explore, scout, survey
  • tlharghDuj - n - scout [vessel]
  • tlharwIl - n - link (in a chain)
  • tlharwIl Duj - n - railroad car [part of a train]
  • tlhaS - v - fight; battle [relatively minor fight]
  • tlhat - n - grid
  • tlhatlh - n - type of food; ~gladst~
  • tlhavqop - n - punctuation [A slang expression is ghewmey. tlhavqop is inherently plural.]
  • tlhavqop ngutlh - n - punctuation mark
  • tlhaw - v - be inflamed
  • tlhawjoq - n - mantle (geology)
  • tlhaw` - v - hit [percussion instrument] with fist
  • tlhay - n - Klingon ~tlh~ sound
  • tlhay - n - sleeve
  • tlhay - v - embalm; refers to infusing a dead body with some sort of fluid to preserve it (and thereby create a jItuj'ep mummy)
  • tlhay` - v - be tame, domesticated
  • tlhay`qeq - n - domestication
  • tlha` - v - chase; follow
  • tlheb - v - urge; advocate; endorse qagh vISop net tlheb I should eat gagh. qagh DaSop 'e' vItlheb You should eat gagh (in my opinion). qagh vISop 'e' vItlheb I should eat gagh. (I know it's the right thing for me to do)
  • tlheD - v - depart [implies setting out on a journey, having a goal or destination in mind]
  • tlhegh - n - line; rope
  • tlhegh jIrmoHwI` - n - windlass
  • tlheH - n - spell (magical) [One can say either tlheH reS or just reS alone for he/she casts a spell.]
  • tlhej - v - accompany; be with
  • tlhemqaDID - n - bumpkin, yokel
  • tlhen - v - sound as, produce the sound of, make a(n) ____ing sound
  • tlheng`IQ - n - thranx [a plant described in the novel Kahless by Michael Jan Friedman]
  • tlhep - v - hang (intransitive), be suspended, be dangling; be straight (of hair)
  • tlhepwI` - n - uvula (informal term)
  • tlhepQe` - n - saliva
  • tlher - v - be lumpy
  • tlher`aq - n - reef
  • tlhetlh - v - progress
  • tlhevjaQ - n - spear thrown with aid of a special tool
  • tlhey`at - n - spacetime
  • tlhe` - v - turn (intransitive)
  • tlhIb - v - be incompetent; be unskilled
  • tlhIch - n - smoke
  • tlhIch pur - v - smoke
  • tlhIghaq - n - trigak, a forest animal, predatory animal with sharp teeth
  • tlhIH - pro - you [plural]
  • tlhIj - v - apologize
  • tlhIl - n - mineral
  • tlhIl - v - mine
  • tlhIlHal - n - mine
  • tlhIlwI` - n - miner
  • tlhIm - n - carpet; rug; wall hanging; blanket
  • tlhImqaH - n - type of food; ~zilm'kach~
  • tlhIn - v - be particular, individual [Note that "individual" in this definition does not mean simply "single, separate" but rather something like "be attributable to something or someone" or "be uniquely associated with something or someone."]
  • tlhInja - n - Klin Zha, a well known Klingon game
  • tlhIng yoS - n - Kling district
  • tlhIngan - n - Klingon
  • tlhIngan Hubbeq - n - Klingon Defense Force
  • tlhIngan wo` - n - Klingon Empire
  • tlhIngan yejquv - n - Klingon High Council
  • tlhIngan `IH qaD - n - Klingon beauty contest
  • tlhIq - n - stew
  • tlhIS - v - spit out [solid thing]
  • tlhIv - v - be insubordinate
  • tlhob - v - ask; request; plead
  • tlhoch - v - contradict; do something out of defiance
  • tlhoD - v - be somewhat obscured, filtered, smudged, fuzzy
  • tlhogh - n - marriage
  • tlhogh - v - marry [archaic term becoming more common]
  • tlhoj - v - realize
  • tlhol - v - be raw; be unprocessed
  • tlhom - n - dusk
  • tlhombuS - n - type of food
  • tlhom chum - n - sunset
  • tlhon - n - nostril
  • tlhonghaD - n - klongat, an animal which attacks with surprise and gives its prey no chance to defend
  • tlhong - v - barter; bargain
  • tlhop - n - front; area in front of; public area
  • tlhoqtlhal - n - favor (This is generally the object of a verb like tur. The recipient of the favor is marked with -vaD.)
  • tlhoQ - n - conglomeration
  • tlhorgh - v - be pungent [referring to food]
  • tlhorghHa` - v - be bland [referring to food]
  • tlhoS - adv - almost; nearly; virtually; not quite; used with a negative verb, means "barely"
  • tlhot - v - land [on water; like a bird]
  • tlhov - v - wheeze
  • tlhoy - adv - overly; to an excessive degree; too much
  • tlhoy` - n - wall; interior wall; interior face of exterior wall; territorial wall
  • tlhoy` SaS - n - ceiling/floor between stories
  • tlho` - n - appreciation; gratitude
  • tlho` - v - thank qatlho` thank you (to one person) Satlho` thank you (to multiple people)
  • tlho` Huch - n - tip (at restaurant, hairdresser's, etc.)
  • tlho`ren - n - [unit of volume]
  • tlhub - n - climax [Height of action in a narrative (not orgasm)]
  • tlhuch - v - exhaust
  • tlhuD - v - emit [energy; radiation; etc.]
  • tlhuH - n - breath
  • tlhuH - v - be exhilarated; be stimulated; be invigorated [slang]
  • tlhuH - v - breathe
  • tlhuHtuch - n - armadillo-like animal
  • tlhum - v - be constrained, be bound
  • tlhup - v - whisper
  • tlhuQ - n - tail
  • tlhur - v - catch [Grab in midair, like catching a baseball]
  • tlhut - v - be stuffed
  • tlhutmoH - v - stuff [use tlhutmoH when filling something to achieve a shape or look (e.g. a teddy bear or a dead animal skin); use ghoD when putting something into a container (e.g. a suitcase or something to eat)]
  • tlhutlh - v - drink
  • tlhu` - v - be tempted
  • tlhu`moH - v - tempt
  • tlhu`roD - n - martyr [This refers to a person who not only died (or was killed) for a belief/cause, but who has become a symbol or emblem or rallying point of or for that belief/cause]

u

v

  • va - excl - [general invective]
  • vabDot - adv - even; also; additionally
  • vaD - v - be flexible
  • vagh - n - fifth tone of nonatonic musical scale
  • vagh - num - five
  • vagh reD mey` - n - pentagon
  • vagh reD `Impey` - n - pyramid with five-sided base
  • vaghbIp - num - five hundred thousand
  • vaghbIpDIch - num - five hundred thousandth
  • vaghbIp`uy` - num - five hundred billion
  • vaghbIp`uy`DIch - num - five hundred billionth
  • vaghDIch - num - fifth
  • vaghmaH - num - fifty
  • vaghmaHDIch - num - fiftieth
  • vaghmaHSaghan - num - fifty billion
  • vaghmaHSaghanDIch - num - fifty billionth
  • vaghmaH`uy` - num - fifty million
  • vaghmaH`uy`DIch - num - fifty millionth
  • vaghnetlh - num - fifty thousand
  • vaghnetlhDIch - num - fifty thousandth
  • vaghnetlh`uy` - num - fifty billion
  • vaghnetlh`uy`DIch - num - fifty billionth
  • vaghSaD - num - five thousand
  • vaghSaDbIp - num - five thousand million
  • vaghSaDbIpDIch - num - five thousand millionth
  • vaghSaDDIch - num - five thousandth
  • vaghSaDSaghan - num - five trillion
  • vaghSaDSaghanDIch - num - five trillionth
  • vaghSaghan - num - five billion
  • vaghSaghanDIch - num - five billionth
  • vaghSanID - num - five thousand
  • vaghSanIDbIp - num - five thousand million
  • vaghSanIDbIpDIch - num - five thousand millionth
  • vaghSanIDDIch - num - five thousandth
  • vaghSanIDSaghan - num - five trillion
  • vaghSanIDSaghanDIch - num - five trillionth
  • vaghvatlh - num - five hundred
  • vaghvatlhbIp - num - fifty million
  • vaghvatlhbIpDIch - num - fifty millionth
  • vaghvatlhDIch - num - five hundredth
  • vaghvatlhSaghan - num - five hundred billion
  • vaghvatlhSaghanDIch - num - five hundred billionth
  • vaghvatlh`uy` - num - five hundred million
  • vaghvatlh`uyDIch - num - five hundred millionth
  • vagh`uy` - num - five million
  • vagh`uy`DIch - num - five millionth
  • vaH - n - holster; sheath; knife case
  • vaHbo` - n - lava
  • vaj - adv - so; then; thus; in that case
  • vaj - n - warrior [as a concept]
  • val - v - be clever; be smart; be intelligent
  • valqe` - n - bat-like animal
  • valQav - n - iris (part of the eye)
  • valtIn - n - proton
  • van - n - salute; tribute
  • van - v - end [an event; e.g. a voyage; battle; song]
  • van - v - salute
  • van bom - n - anthem; hymn
  • van Hew - n - monument, memorial (sculpture)
  • van qach - n - monument, memorial (building)
  • vanI`la` - n - vanilla
  • vanI`la` naH - n - vanilla (fruit/pod)
  • vanI`la` San'emDer - n - vanilla (plant)
  • vanI`la` wejwa` - n - vanilla (flavor)
  • vanuwa`tu - n - Vanuatu
  • van`a` - n - award
  • vang - v - act; take action
  • vaq - v - mock
  • vaq`aj cha` - n - Vaq'aj II
  • vaQ - v - be aggressive; be effective; be vigorous
  • var - v - be stingy, miserly
  • vargh - v - ???
  • varghwI` - n - Changeling/Founder (Leader of the Dominion)
  • varHa` - v - be generous
  • varqo`eng - n - polynomial expression
  • vaS - v - be wide, broad [referring to side-to-side distance, not things like a "broad topic" or "wide range of opinion" or "eyes wide open"]
  • vaS - n - hall; assembly hall
  • vaS`a` - n - Great Hall
  • vatIqan veng - n - Vatican City
  • vatwam - n - spout
  • vatlh - num - hundred [number-forming element]
  • vatlh - v - coil
  • vatlh DIS poH - n - century
  • vatlhmoH - n - roll up [like a scroll]
  • vatlhvI` - n - percent
  • vav - n - father
  • vavnI` - n - grandfather
  • vavoy - n - Dad, Daddy
  • vaw - v - be ambitious, determined, motivated [not like an ambitious task]
  • vay - n - Klingon ~v~ sound
  • vay - v - fight; battle [midlevel ferocity]
  • vayya` - n - isosceles triangle
  • vay` - n - somebody; someone; something; anybody; anyone; anything
  • va`chum - n - sponge (for cleaning)
  • va`nuch - n - heel
  • veb - v - be next [in a series; sequence]
  • vech - v - cross [as in a bridge crossing a river, etc.]
  • veD - n - fur
  • veDDIr - n - pelt [skin with fur still attached]
  • vegh - v - go through [an open door; a tunnel; etc.]
  • veH - n - boundary
  • veH tIn - n - Great Barrier
  • vel - v - cover; coat; mask
  • velqa` - n - replica; copy
  • velSo` -- n - chromium
  • velSo` `uSqan - n - stainless steel
  • velwI` - n - coverer; coater; masker
  • vem - v - wake up; cease sleeping
  • vem - n - print, mark, tracks, image or pattern left in the dirt from stepping on it
  • vemmoH - v - wake [someone] up; light [a fire]
  • vem`eq - n - type of bird [feeds almost exclusively on the serpent worm from which qagh is made]
  • ven - v - be nerdy [This describes someone who is "into" a subject, a true devotee, a serious participant in related activities.]
  • veneSwe`la` - n - Venezuela
  • venwI` - n - nerd
  • veng - n - city
  • veng wa`DIch - n - First City [capital of Kronos]
  • veng wa`DIch Sep - n - First City region
  • vengHom - n - village
  • vep - n - proclamation, notification, announcement
  • veqlargh - n - devil; demon; ~Fek'lhr~
  • veqtal - n - VeK'tal; The VeK'tal response is a measure of Klingon physiological condition
  • veQ - n - garbage
  • veQDuj - n - garbage scow
  • ver - v - be dizzy; be spiral
  • veragh - n - rivet
  • verengan - n - Ferengi
  • verengan Ha`DIbaH - n - Ferengi dog
  • vergh - n - dock, port, seaport, airport, spaceport [with a structure to attach to, like a pier; expanded meaning]
  • vergh - v - dock; park
  • veS - n - war; warfare [as a concept]
  • veSDuj - n - warship
  • veStay - n - vestai (honorific, grade 2)
  • vetlh - n - cockroach
  • vev - v - insert, put in
  • vev - v - pin, attach or fasten with a pin
  • vey - n - set; pack; package
  • vey` - v - be comfortable, be plentiful [for the sense of free from hardship or more than adequate, like a comfortable income]
  • vey`Ha` - v - be uncomfortable, be meager [for the sense of being inadequate or barely adequate or meager]
  • ve` - v - travel with a purpose, for a specific reason, travel on a mission
  • ve`Ha` - v - travel aimlessly; be wavy (of hair)
  • vIb - v - move through time toward the future, propagate
  • vIbHa` - v - move through time toward the past
  • vID - v - be belligerent
  • vID`Ir - n - baffle
  • vIghro` - n - type of animal; ~v'gro~ [like a cat]
  • vIghro``a` - n - large catlike animal
  • vIH - v - move; be in motion
  • vIj - n - thruster
  • vIl - n - ridge; bump
  • vIl - v - be ridgy; slang for be cool, as in chic
  • vIl - n - hanger-on
  • vIlaDelvIya - n - Philadelphia
  • vIlaStIn - n - Palestine
  • vIlHom - n - forehead ridge
  • vIlInHoD - n - type of bird [capable of mimicking speech]
  • vIlle` - n - follower, disciple, fan, admirer, minion
  • vIn - n - cousin; niece; nephew
  • vIncha` - n - furnace
  • vInDa` - n - compatriot, community member, cohort, fellow citizen
  • vIno`va` qurgh - n - finova beans
  • vIng - v - whine
  • vIq - n - battle; combat [as a concept]
  • vIqraq - n - artifact, work of art [More general than a visual piece of art. It covers that, but also an artifact (not in the archaeological sense), handicraft, gizmo, gadget, contraption, machine, device, etc. ? that is, something manufactured/made.]; product
  • vIQ - v - suffocate [does not take an object]
  • vIQmoH - v - smother [for "drown" precede the verb with bIQDaq or the like]
  • vIraS - n - France
  • vIraS Hol - n - French
  • vIrveq - n - terrorism
  • vIrgh - v - rip, rip up, slash, tear, tear up, gash
  • vIt - n - truth
  • vIt - v - tell the truth
  • vItHay` - n - the truth test
  • vIttlhegh - n - proverb
  • vItlh - v - be high, great (in quantity, size, intensity)
  • vIychorgh - n - juice; sap of a plant
  • vIyetnam - n - Vietnam
  • vI` - n - decimal point; point (geometry)
  • vI` - n - sharpshooting; marksmanship
  • vI` - v - accumulate
  • vI`ba`om - n - masterpiece (This noun may refer to anything considered the best work or accomplishment of somebody)
  • vI`chI - n - Fiji
  • vI`Hop - n - indirect object
  • vI`Ir - n - tide
  • vI`laS - n - fog, mist
  • vI`laywar - n - window screen (The soft, flexible mesh put in frames (for windows or doors) to keep out mosquitoes and such)
  • voD - v - drill, bore
  • voD jan - n - drill [short form; this is the whole device, not the drill bit]
  • voDchuch - n - type of animal; like a largish spider [It has nine legs usually but sometimes seven or eight, never fewer than seven unless the bug has been injured. A big spider on Earth would be a tera` voDchuch, but a small spider would not be a voDchuch.]
  • voDchuchHom - n - (smaller species of) spider
  • voDleH - n - emperor
  • voDmeH jan - n - drill [this is the whole device, not the drill bit]
  • vogh - n - somewhere
  • voHDajbo` - n - ransom; mortgage
  • vol - n - pane, panel, sheet (not for bed)
  • volapuq Hol - n - Volapük
  • volchaH - n - shoulder
  • von - v - trap; entrap
  • vonlu` - v - fail utterly [slang]
  • vong - v - hypnotize
  • voq - v - trust; have faith in
  • voqHa` - v - distrust
  • voQ - v - choke
  • voQSIp - n - nitrogen
  • vor - v - cure
  • vorgh - v - be previous
  • voSpegh Sep - n - Vospeg region
  • votlh - v - be narcissistic
  • vov - v - grapple, wrestle, tussle (For "tackle," combine with pummoH "cause to fall (down)"; vov is primarily used only physical; of course one can use almost any word metaphorically, but it depends on context and cannot be generally answered. Okrand was not sure if you can "grapple" a person's arm.)
  • voveng - n - gland
  • voy - v - clone (The object of the verb is the original, not the clone)
  • vo` - v - propel; throw; thrust; cause to move (typically forward)
  • vo`nung - n - phase [This is the "fraction of a wave cycle." It is not used for phases of the moon or phases of life, etc.]
  • vub - n - hostage
  • vuD - n - opinion
  • vuHbIn - n - lymph
  • vuj - v - expel, eject
  • vul - v - be unconscious
  • vulchoH - v - faint
  • vulqangan - n - Vulcan [person]
  • vulqan - n - Vulcan [planet]
  • vum - v - work; toil
  • vum - n - contemptible or despicable person, scumbag, bastard
  • vun - v - order (in a restaurant, from a catalog, etc.)
  • vung - v - cyclone, hurricane
  • vup - v - pity
  • vuQ - v - fascinate
  • vur - v - be modern, up-to-date, state-of-the-art
  • vuS - v - limit
  • vut - v - cook; prepare; make; fix; assemble; bake [food and beverages]
  • vutmeH `un - n - flat-bottomed pot for food preparation [regional]
  • vutpa` - n - galley
  • vutwI` - n - cook; chef
  • vut`un - n - flat-bottomed pot for food preparation [regional]
  • vuv - v - respect
  • vuy - v - be helpful, supportive; support
  • vu` - v - manage
  • vu`wI` - n - manager

w

  • wab - n - sound; noise
  • wab choHwI` - n - synthesizer
  • wab HevwI` - n - radio
  • wab labwI` - n - radio transmitter
  • wab naQ - n - vowel [This refers to sounds, not letters or glyphs]
  • wab poD - n - consonant [This refers to sounds, not letters or glyphs]
  • wab qoSta` `aplo` - n - cassette; audio tape
  • wabDo - n - Mach [As a spelling convention, wab Do speed of sound is written as two words. When used as a measurement term ("Mach"), it's written as one word (wabDo). The pronunciation (and, for that matter, meaning) is the same.]
  • waDwach - n - scarf (wrapped around the head,, not the neck)
  • wagh - v - be expensive
  • waH - v - try out; test; use experimentally; taste; try out [food]
  • wal - v - vibrate, be in a state of vibration [move in a fast repetitive way, like a guitar string]
  • wam - v - hunt; fish, be fishing; wamtaH (slang) be randy, be horny
  • wam - n - type of Klingon snake, hiding in the grass to attack animals
  • wamwI` - n - hunter
  • wan - v - be straight
  • wanHa` - v - be bent; be crooked
  • wanHa`moH - v - raise (one's eyebrows)
  • wanI` - n - phenomenon; event; occurrence; experience; effect [e.g. Herghqoq wanI' placebo effect]
  • wang - v - wxnk (voluntary)
  • waq - n - shoe
  • waqboch - n - type of bird [with a very long beak]
  • waQ - n - months from now
  • waQ - v - obstruct
  • war - n - column (in a table or spreadsheet)
  • warjun - n - type of knife [used for food preparation]
  • waS - v - be wrong, awry
  • wa'SIngtanDIySIy - n - Washington, DC [in normal, day-to-day Klingon conversation, the DIySIy is never left off]
  • watrIn - n - lubricant (general)
  • watlh - v - be pure
  • wav - v - divide
  • wavre` - n - pulsar (Klingon astronomers sometimes refer to this as a barwI')
  • waw` - n - base [military term]
  • way - n - Klingon ~w~ sound
  • way - v - be striped
  • way` - v - parry; deflect a lunge
  • way`ar - n - chaos
  • wa` - num - one
  • wa` rutlh qam Do Duj - n - unicycle
  • wa`bIp - num - one hundred thousand
  • wa`bIpDIch - num - one hundred thousandth
  • wa`bIp`uy` - num - one hundred billion
  • wa`bIp`uy`DIch - num - one hundred billionth
  • wa`chaw - n - spreadsheet, table
  • wa`DIch - num - first; beginning; start; original
  • wa`Hu` - n - yesterday
  • wa`lay - n - mass [Concept in physics (distinct from "weight")
  • wa`leS - n - tomorrow
  • wa`logh - adv - once
  • wa`maH - num - ten
  • wa`maHDIch - num - tenth
  • wa`maHSaghan - num - ten billion
  • wa`maHSaghanDIch - num - ten billionth
  • wa`maH`uy` - num - ten million
  • wa`maH`uy`DIch - num - ten millionth
  • wa`maH cha` - num - twelve
  • wa`maH cha`DIch - num - twelfth
  • wa`maH cha` reD mey` - n - dodecagon
  • wa`maH chorgh - num - eighteen
  • wa`maH chorghDIch - num - eighteenth
  • wa`maH Hut - num - nineteen
  • wa`maH HutDIch - num - nineteenth
  • wa`maH jav - num - sixteen
  • wa`maH javDIch - num - sixteenth
  • wa`maH loS - num - fourteen
  • wa`maH loSDIch - num - fourteenth
  • wa`maH reD mey` - n - decagon
  • wa`maH Soch - num - seventeen
  • wa`maH SochDIch - num - seventeenth
  • wa`maH vagh - num - fifteen
  • wa`maH vaghDIch - num - fifteenth
  • wa`maH wa` - num - eleven
  • wa`maH wa`DIch - num - eleventh
  • wa`maH wa` reD mey` - n - hendecagon
  • wa`maH wej - num - thirteen
  • wa`maH wejDIch - num - thirteenth
  • wa`netlh - num - ten thousand
  • wa`netlhDIch - num - ten thousandth
  • wa`netlh`uy` - num - ten billion
  • wa`netlh`uy`DIch - num - ten billionth
  • wa`ngoQ - n - manganese
  • wa`SaD - num - one thousand
  • wa`SaDbIp - num - one thousand million
  • wa`SaDbIpDIch - num - one thousand millionth
  • wa`SaDDIch - num - one thousandth
  • wa`SaDSaghan - num - one trillion
  • wa`SaDSaghanDIch - num - one trillionth
  • wa`Saghan - num - one billion
  • wa`SaghanDIch - num - one billionth
  • wa`SanID - num - one thousand
  • wa`SanIDbIp - num - one thousand million
  • wa`SanIDbIpDIch - num - one thousand millionth
  • wa`SanIDDIch - num - one thousandth
  • wa`SanIDSaghan - num - one trillion
  • wa`SanIDSaghanDIch - num - one trillionth
  • wa`vatlh - num - one hundred
  • wa`vatlhbIp - num - ten million
  • wa`vatlhbIpDIch - num - ten millionth
  • wa`vatlhDIch - num - one hundredth
  • wa`vatlhSaghan - num - one hundred billion
  • wa`vatlhSaghanDIch - num - one hundred billionth
  • wa`vatlh`uy` - num - one hundred million
  • wa`vatlh`uyDIch - num - one hundred millionth
  • wa``uy` - num - one million
  • wa``uy`DIch - num - one millionth
  • web - v - be disgraced; be chaotic, disorganized [slang]
  • wech - v - serve fermented food at its peak
  • wegh - v - confine
  • weH - v - raid
  • wej - adv - not yet
  • wej - num - three
  • wej Sonme` group of three, party of three, trio, triplet
  • wejbe` - n - nitrate
  • wejbIp - num - three hundred thousand
  • wejbIpDIch - num - three hundred thousandth
  • wejbIp`uy` - num - three hundred billion
  • wejbIp`uy`DIch - num - three hundred billionth
  • wejDIch - num - third
  • wejHa` - adv - already, means something along the lines of "before now" or "as of now"
  • wejlogh - adv - thrice
  • wejmaH - num - thirty
  • wejmaHDIch - num - thirtieth
  • wejmaHSaghan - num - thirty billion
  • wejmaHSaghanDIch - num - thirty billionth
  • wejmaH`uy` - num - thirty million
  • wejmaH`uy`DIch - num - thirty millionth
  • wejnetlh - num - thirty thousand
  • wejnetlhDIch - num - thirty thousandth
  • wejnetlh`uy` - num - thirty billion
  • wejnetlh`uy`DIch - num - thirty billionth
  • wejpuH - excl - charming [used only ironically]
  • wejSaD - num - three thousand
  • wejSaDbIp - num - three thousand million
  • wejSaDbIpDIch - num - three thousand millionth
  • wejSaDDIch - num - three thousandth
  • wejSaDSaghan - num - three trillion
  • wejSaDSaghanDIch - num - three trillionth
  • wejSaghan - num - three billion
  • wejSaghanDIch - num - three billionth
  • wejSanID - num - three thousand
  • wejSanIDbIp - num - three thousand million
  • wejSanIDbIpDIch - num - three thousand millionth
  • wejSanIDDIch - num - three thousandth
  • wejSanIDSaghan - num - three trillion
  • wejSanIDSaghanDIch - num - three trillionth
  • wejvatlh - num - three hundred
  • wejvatlhbIp - num - thirty million
  • wejvatlhbIpDIch - num - thirty millionth
  • wejvatlhDIch - num - three hundredth
  • wejvatlhSaghan - num - three hundred billion
  • wejvatlhSaghanDIch - num - three hundred billionth
  • wejvatlh`uy` - num - three hundred million
  • wejvatlh`uyDIch - num - three hundred millionth
  • wejwa` - n - flavor; taste
  • wej`uy` - num - three million
  • wej`uy`DIch - num - three millionth
  • wel - v - owe [someone]
  • welwelwel - excl - sound made by a stereotypic targh [The number of times this syllable is repeated is variable. This is an imitative word and there are variations. And not everyone uses it in the first place.]
  • wem - n - violation
  • wem - v - violate
  • wen - n - months ago
  • wep - n - jacket; coat
  • wep - n - shirt with sleeves [regional]
  • wep buq - n - jacket pouch; coat pocket
  • weq - v - hit [percussion instrument] with palm
  • weQ - n - candle
  • weQmoQnaQ - n - world wide web
  • wer - v - be creased, be wrinkled
  • wermoH - v - crease, wrinkle
  • weS - v - lose, no longer have, suffer a reduction of
  • weSjech - n - fabric, cloth, textile [This can be used for textiles or fabric in clothing, sheets, towels, and so on, but generally not for carpets or rugs (except for thin ones).]
  • weSjech ba`Suq Duj - n - hot air balloon
  • wev - n - row (in a table or spreadsheet)
  • wev - v - draw, make a drawing of; sketch; doodle
  • wevpev - n - wheat
  • wevpev wornagh - n - wheat beer[a German type of beer, like Weizenbier, Weißbier]
  • wevpev HIq - n - [not translated: It "would be okay" to use that phrase to refer to any wheat-based liquor, but doesn't mean it's the only name for it. Otherwise "wheat liquor" would also work.]
  • wew - v - glow
  • wey - n - company [military unit]
  • we`lIS - n - Wales
  • wIb - v - be sour; be bitter; be tart
  • wIch - n - myth
  • wID - v - massacre (connotes indiscriminate killing)
  • wIgh - n - genius
  • wIH - v - be ruthless
  • wIj - v - farm
  • wIjwI` - n - farmer
  • wIjwI` jan - n - plough
  • wIjwI` ngeb - n - scarecrow
  • wIl - n - be short (in length; used of a stick, etc.)
  • wIl - n - spike
  • wIlHay - n - spine (of a book); hinge (of a door)
  • wIlle` - n - joint [body part]
  • wIllul - n - a game somewhat similar to bowling
  • wIlpuq - n - pudding
  • wItte` - n - mathematical equation
  • wIv - n - choice
  • wIv - v - choose; select
  • wItlh - v - break [something] off
  • wIy - n - tactical display [on monitor]; schematic; graphic representation
  • wIyqap - n - row or line (of people or things not expected to be in motion)
  • wI'qIy - n - wiki
  • wI`qIypI`DIya - n - Wikipedia
  • wob - v - hurl a spear by means of a ~chetvi~
  • woch - v - be tall
  • woD - v - throw away; discard
  • woD - v - hollow
  • wogh - v - transgress; do more than acceptable; go to far
  • woH - v - pick up
  • woj - n - radiation
  • woj - v - sterilize
  • woj choHwI` - n - reactor
  • wol - v - be creased, be folded
  • wolmoH - v - crease, fold
  • wom - v - peck
  • wonmugh - n - alley
  • wontoy - n - ideal
  • woq - v - confirm, substantiate, corroborate
  • woQ - n - authority; political power
  • wornagh - n - ~warnog~; Klingon ale
  • woS - n - chin
  • woSwa` - n - armadillo-like animal
  • woSwa` ghew - n - rolling bug (like a pillbug/sowbug/roly-poly)
  • wot - n - verb
  • wot chuS - n - non-stative verb
  • wot nungwI` - n - preverb
  • wot tam - n - stative verb
  • wov - v - be light; be bright
  • wovbe` - v - be dim
  • wovHa` - v - be dim
  • wovmoHwI` - n - light [for illumination]
  • wovmoHwI` moQ - n - light bulb
  • wov`on - n - memory [" . . . specific memories or recollections"]
  • wo` - n - empire
  • wo` tay` - n - United Kingdom; UK
  • wuD - v - snore
  • wuH - v - skim, glide, skate, skid
  • wun - v - be unprotected; be vulnerable
  • wup - v - burst into song
  • wuq - v - decide [upon]
  • wuqwI` - n - juror
  • wuqwI` ghom - n - jury
  • wuQ - v - have a headache
  • wuS - n - lip; slang term for spout with one "lip" wuSDu` slang term for spout with two "lips"
  • wuS rItlh naQ - n - lipstick
  • wutlh - n - underground
  • wutlh pa` - n - dungeon
  • wuv - v - depend on; rely on
  • wuvchuq - v - be entangled (quantum physics, but maybe more general)
  • wu` - n - be mystical, be esoteric, be occult
  • wu`DIy - n - animal like a beaver
  • wu`tIbIs - n - superstition

y

  • ya - n - tactical officer
  • yab - n - mind; brain
  • yab qoD - n - subconscious mind
  • yach - v - pet; stroke
  • yach - v - strum [a stringed instrument]
  • yachchuq - v - cuddle
  • yachchuqmeH wutlh pa` - n - cuddle dungeon
  • yaD - n - sword [slang]
  • yaD - n - toe
  • yaD - n - teen, teenager, adolescent, youth, young adult (slang)
  • yagh - n - organism
  • yaH - n - duty station; station [Any place specifically designated for the performance of a task (or tasks) is a yaH. A stage is the yaH for the performance of plays or, perhaps, music. A football field is the yaH for a football game. A laboratory is a scientist's yaH. And, of course, on a ship, a yaH is a duty station. If context isn't enough to clarify what sort of yaH it is, you can say things like much yaH, QoQ yaH, tamlerQeD yaH, etc.]
  • yaH - v - be taken away
  • yaj - v - understand
  • yajHa` - v - misinterpret
  • yalwoD - n - momentum
  • yam - v - be assimilated, incorporated, subsumed
  • yamqeq - n - assimilation
  • yamtaw - n - line
  • yamtaw job - n - jagged line, zigzagging line
  • yan - n - sword; bow (for ngItHel) [slang]
  • yan - v - wield; use; manipulate [a sword]
  • yan `ISletlh - n - Yan-Isleth; Svärdets brödraskap
  • yanwI` - n - swordfighter
  • yanwo` - n - nest
  • yang - n - image from a (rubber) stamp
  • yap - v - be enough; be sufficient
  • yaS - n - officer; member (of an official body); professional [slang]
  • yaS cha`DIch - n - second officer [on a ship]
  • yaS wa`DIch - n - first officer [on a ship]
  • yatqap - n - type of bird [gray; sometimes white; travel long distances without
  • yatlh - v - be pregnant
  • yav - n - ground
  • yay - n - Klingon ~y~ sound
  • yay - n - victory; triumph
  • yay mIr - n - winning streak [common way to say it]
  • yayal - n - nickel (element)
  • yay` - v - be shocked; be dumbfounded
  • ya`rIS - n - echo [for the verb, see "rebound" 'et]
  • yeb - n - wrist [also slang term of deprecation]
  • yegh - v -- be spotted
  • yej - n - assembly; council
  • yejHaD - n - institute; institution
  • yejquv - n - High Council
  • yejquv qu`vIgh - n - Member of the High Council
  • yej`an - n - society [e.g.; scholarly society]; organization; association; guild
  • yelmo` - n - membrane
  • yelneHSIQ - n - vanadium
  • yelvew - n - texture
  • yem - v - sin
  • yep - v - be careful
  • yepHa` - v - be careless
  • yeq - v - cooperate
  • yer - n - domain; holdings; territory
  • yergh - n - geometric solid
  • yergho - n - city wall
  • yeru`Sala`yIm - n - Jerusalem
  • yer chaw` - n - title deed; patent
  • yer ghajwI` chaw` - n - title deed; patent
  • yetmoS - n - gravel (naghHom(mey) is also heard, primarily when focusing on individual stones, but for the stuff spread on the ground or used in making concrete, for example, yetmoS is more common)
  • yev - v - pause
  • yIb - n - vent
  • yIH - n - tribble
  • yIn - n - life
  • yIn - v - live
  • yInbogh lom - n - zombie
  • yInroH - n - life signs
  • yInSIp - n - oxygen
  • yIntagh - excl - [epithet]
  • yIntagh - n - life-support system
  • yIn `eSqa` - n - environmental suit
  • yIQ - v - be wet
  • yIr - v - gather
  • yIrIDngan - n - Yiridian [person]
  • yIr`ach - n - close friend (gender neutral)
  • yISra`el - n - Israel
  • yIt - v - walk
  • yItQet - n - petroleum, crude oil
  • yItram - n - whistle (with a clear sound)
  • yItlh - v - be strict, severe, firm, stern, authoritarian
  • yItlhHa` - v - be indulgent
  • yIv - v - annoy; bother; irk; irritate [slang]
  • yIv - v - chew ; to`waQ yIv to ruminate (mentally)
  • yIvbeH - n - tunic; shirt; sleeveless shirt [regional]
  • yIvbeH naQHa` - n - vest/waistcoat
  • yIvbeH SeQHa` - n - t-shirt
  • yI` - v - speak in an honorable or respectful fashion
  • yI`De` - n - cervid-like animal (like a deer or moose)
  • yI`var - n - treatment; therapy
  • yo - v - slap, hit with palm
  • yob - v - harvest
  • yobta` yupma` - n - festival to celebrate the end of harvest
  • yoD - n - shield
  • yoD - v - shield
  • yoD`egh - v - shield oneself
  • yoghan - n - renaissance, revival
  • yoghIp - n - asthma
  • yoH - v - be brave
  • yoHwI` - n - brave one
  • yoj - n - judgment
  • yol - n - conflict
  • yomIj - n - neutron
  • yon - v - be satisfied
  • yonmoH - v - satisfy
  • yong - v - get in
  • yopwaH - n - pants; trousers
  • yopwaH bID - n - shorts
  • yopwaH buq - n - pants pouch; trouser pocket
  • yoq - n - humanoid
  • yoq yIn yuQ - n - Class-M planet
  • yoq`eD - n - stool (furniture)
  • yor - n - top [side or face of an object]
  • yor - v - sulk, mope, pout
  • yorgh - n - shelf, bookshelf, fixed or non-fixed (general term)
  • yorqej - n - nomad
  • yoruba` Hol - n - Yoruba (language)
  • yoS - n - district; area [within a country]
  • yot - n - invasion
  • yot - v - invade
  • yotlh - n - field [of land]; park (e.g., recreational)
  • yov - v - charge [military term]
  • yoy - v - be upside down
  • yoymoH - v - flip [transitive]
  • yo` - n - fleet [of ships]
  • yo`gha` - n - yoga
  • yo`SeH yaHnIv - n - Operations Command
  • yu - n - first [and last] tone of nonatonic musical scale
  • yub - n - husk; rind; peel; shell [of fruit; nut]
  • yuch - n - chocolate
  • yuch ngogh - n - chocolate bar
  • yuD - v - be dishonest
  • yuDHa` - v - be honest
  • yugh - v - include, consist of, be composed of (in chemistry)
  • yughmoH - v - filter [database term; X neH yughmoH filter for X only, include X only]
  • yuHSIQ - n - titanium
  • yul - v - be itchy
  • yup - v - pump
  • yupma` - n - festival
  • yuq - v - outwit, outsmart
  • yuQ - n - planet
  • yuQHom - n - planetoid
  • yuQjIjDIvI` - n - United Federation of Planets
  • yuQjIjQa` - n - United Federation of Planets
  • yuQQeD - n - geography
  • yuQtej - n - geographer
  • yur - n - distant cousin; distant niece; distant nephew [second cousin; grand-nephew, etc.
  • yuryum - n - yurium (explosive)
  • yut - v - distract, create a diversion [The object of this verb, when there is an object, is the person or group of people (usually) being distracted.]
  • yutlhegh - n - musical scale, range, spectrum
  • yuv - v - push
  • yuvtlhe` - n - top; lid; cover; cap
  • yuvwan - n - community [a not organized group of people with same interest]
  • yuwey - n - continent
  • yu` - v - question; interrogate
  • yu`egh - n - wave
  • yu`muD - n - form (to be filled out)

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  • `a - conj - but; nevertheless; even so; however
  • `ab - v - have a length/height of
  • `ach - conj - but; nevertheless; even so; however; whereas (expressing contrast)
  • `achghej - n - void
  • `achler - n - nape, scruff, back of neck
  • `aD - n - vein
  • `aD - v - have a length of; measure
  • `aDHom - n - capillary
  • `agh - v - show; demonstrate; display
  • `aH - n - paraphernalia
  • `aHDuH - n - prototype
  • `aHra` - n - harness
  • `aj - n - admiral
  • `al - v - float (in/on air); be random (of a number) [mI' 'al (a) random number; 'al mI' the number is random.]
  • `alghuQ - n - bastard, illegitimate child
  • `aljayIr - n - Algeria
  • `alnIl - n - (belt) buckle
  • `alnum - n - freckle(s)
  • `alngegh - n - axe with spike at end
  • `altlhIq - n - exclamation
  • `alwI` - n - floater, informal word for parachute
  • `alya`man - n - Yemen
  • `al`arabyatSawDI`ya - n - Saudi Arabia
  • `al`ay`raq - n - Iraq
  • `al`Imarat - n - United Arab Emirates
  • `al`on - n - glass (material)
  • `al`urDun - n - Jordan
  • `ambay - n - island
  • `amerI`qa` SepjIjQa` - n - United States of America; USA
  • `amerI`qa` tIng chan tIng - n - South America
  • `amerI`qa` `ev chan `ev - n - North America
  • `ampaS - n - academy
  • `amrI` - n - balcony
  • `amuS - n - garishness, gaudiness, ostentatiousness (It is typically used as the object of the verbs 'ang, 'agh, and chIw, but it's not restricted to those; used for "be showy, be ostentatious, be garish")
  • `an - n - waste [as someone sacrifices forces for a certain goal or just wastes one's resources]
  • `an - v - be petrified; be a waste
  • `anDorya`ngan - n - Andorian
  • `anISyum - n - anicium (explosive)
  • `anmoH - v - sacrifice
  • `antartIq - n - Antarctica
  • `anyan `oQqar - n - onion
  • `an`or - n - fossil
  • `an`orQeD - n - paleontology
  • `an`ortej - n - paleontologist
  • `ang - v - show; reveal Y `ang X (mu`) [colloquially] [the word] X means Y (when defining a word monolingually)
  • `anggho`la - n - Angola
  • `angweD - n - museum
  • `angwIl - n - one of the Kos'Karii [Pale, serpent-like creatures which inhabited the waters crossed by the Barge of the Dead on its way to Gre'thor.]
  • `ap - v - be dented
  • `ap - n - dues, toll
  • `aplo` - n - case; container; box
  • `aplom - n - pellet
  • `aplom chuch - n - hailstone
  • `apmoH - v - dent
  • `apraQ - n - calcium
  • `apuStoQ - n - hawk-like bird of prey that flies particularly fast
  • `aq - v - predict, prognosticate [based on deductive reasoning or research or science]
  • `aqaD - n - Akkad
  • `aqaDyan Hol - n - Akkadian language
  • `aqleH - n - type of weapon [half ax; half ~bat'leth~]
  • `aqnaw - n - type of knife [general purpose]
  • `aqroS - n - maximum
  • `aqroS - n - top [inside or downturned surface]
  • `aquta` - n - gourd, squash, pumpkin
  • `aQlo` - n - forehead [regional]
  • `aQvoH - n - act of watching over a fallen warrior's body
  • `ar - q - how many?; how much?
  • `arab - n - Arab
  • `arab Hol - n - Arabic
  • `arDeH - n - ivy-like plant
  • `argh - v - worsen
  • `arHentInya` - n - Argentina
  • `arlogh - q - how many times?
  • `aS - n - Oz
  • `aSerbayjan - n - Azerbaijan
  • `aSralya` - n - Australia
  • `aSya` - n - Asia
  • `at - n - Klingon ~a~ sound
  • `at - v - inherit [for instance, if the father dies, the son inherits his possessions]
  • `atlantIq bIQ`a` - n - Atlantic Ocean
  • `atray - n - siege
  • `atlhqam - n - type of fungus
  • `atlhqam tun - n - a type of mold ["soft fungus"]
  • `av - v - guard
  • `avghanIStan - n - Afghanistan
  • `avrIHI`lI` Hol - n - Afrihili
  • `avrIqaS Hol - n - Afrikaans
  • `avrI`qa` - n - Africa
  • `avwI` - n - guard
  • `aw - v - go through, pass through (matter) [This is what ghosts, or phased lifeforms, do.]
  • `awje` - n - type of beverage [root beer]
  • `awtIr - n - musical note / tone (This refers to the sound, not the musical notation)
  • `awtIr ngutlh - n - written musical note (when referring to a specific note such as yu or bIm)
  • `aw` - v - sting
  • `ayItI - n - Haiti
  • `ay - v - float [in/on water or other liquids; for in space, see "be adrift" rIjHa']
  • `ayIvlaS - n - closest Klingon equivalent to a moss, and quite similar
  • `ay` - n - section; part; component; piece
  • `a`ghen - n - professor, master teacher
  • `a`leghen`I` - n - Allegheny (River or Mountains)
  • `eb - n - opportunity; chance; opening
  • `ebHIv - n - still (apparatus used to distill various concoctions into an acceptable form of HIq)
  • `ebHIv pa` - n - distillery [room]
  • `ebHIv qach - n - distillery [building]
  • `ebmey jonHa` - v - kill time
  • `ebraH - n - climax (sexual), orgasm
  • `ech - n - brigadier
  • `echlet - n - board
  • `echlet Hab - n - touchpad
  • `echletHom - n - card
  • `echletHom vey - n - deck of cards
  • `eD - v - crawl
  • `eDjen - n - arrogant person; haughty person
  • `eDSeHcha - n - take-off/landing thrusters [plural form]
  • `egh - n - third tone of nonatonic musical scale
  • `eH - excl - ready
  • `ej - conj - and
  • `ej De` vIchel - adv - by the way, parenthetically (This comes at the beginning of a sentence. This is the full form. In everyday conversation, 'ej and/or De' (and even vI-) are often omitted. Klingon grammarians argue about whether the resulting De'chel should be considered an adverbial in its own right.)
  • `ejDo` - n - starship; starship class
  • `ejtlhal - n - tumor
  • `ejvoH - n - stripe
  • `ejyaH - num - infinity; infinite
  • `ejyaHlogh - adv - infinite times
  • `ejyo` - n - Starfleet
  • `ejyo`waw` - n - star base
  • `ejyo` ra`ghomquv - n - Starfleet Command [If Starfleet Command is of a lower level of importance than Starfleet High Command, leave off the quv, getting ra'ghom.]
  • `ejyo`SeH yaHnIv - n - Starfleet Command [If "Starfleet Command" is more like "Starfleet Operations Command", then go with 'ejyo'SeH yaHnIv.]
  • `el - v - enter; go in
  • `el - n - entrance (short form)
  • `elaDya` - n - Greece
  • `elaS - n - Elas [planet]
  • `elbaHren - n - Bahrain
  • `elHa` - n - exit (short form)
  • `elHa`meH He - n - exit
  • `elI`jaH - n - unexpected visitor; uninvited guest
  • `elmaQ - n - serotonin
  • `elmeH He - n - entrance
  • `elpI` - n - serving platter
  • `elquwet - n - Kuwait
  • `em - n - behind; area behind
  • `em - v - vomit
  • `emrIgh - n - ancestor (direct) [an individual ancestor in one's own bloodline]
  • `emvI` - n - pin (straight)
  • `en - v - be not something, non-
  • `enDeq - n - bladder
  • `enno - n - lens
  • `enteD - n - drug (ritualistic or recreational)
  • `eng - n - cloud
  • `engDay - n - flap
  • `ep - v - consume soup; eat soup; kiss, human style (slang)
  • `epIl naH - n - apple
  • `epIn - n - a Klingon fruit similar to a peach, plum, or apricot
  • `eq - v - be early
  • `eqwaDor - n - Ecuador
  • `eQ - adv - just now, a moment ago
  • `eQQuSngew - excl - achoo!
  • `eQway - n - navel, belly button
  • `eQway` - n - mouse (for computer)
  • `eQway` `echlet - n - mousepad
  • `er - n - type of animal
  • `ergh - v - hallucinate [can take an object, like hallucinate a dream]
  • `erItraya` - n - Eritrea
  • `erwI`Daq - n - telepathy
  • `er`In - n - end [of stick; piece of string etc.; opposite megh'an]
  • `eS - v - be low
  • `eSpanya` - n - Spain
  • `eSpeD - n - spade (card suit)
  • `eSperanto Hol - n - Esperanto
  • `eSqa` - n - religious garb, the robe worn by a judge [an old word referring to specialized or ritual clothing (though not a uniform)]
  • `eSreH - n - dew
  • `eStIy - n - Estonia
  • `eSwat`I`nI - n - eSwatini
  • `et - n - fore
  • `et - n - Klingon ~e~ sound
  • `et - v - bounce, rebound, ricochet [the thing something bounces off of is marked with -vo`]
  • `etlh - n - sword; blade
  • `ev - n - area northwestward; area towards the northwest
  • `ev - v - applaud (this applies to whatever it is that Klingons do to applaud or show approval/appreciation)
  • `evnagh - n - subspace
  • `evta` - n - animal similar to a newt or salamander
  • `evtlhev - n - base (opposite of acid)
  • `ewro - n - euro
  • `ewrop - n - Europe
  • `ewSIqaDIy - n - Basque Country
  • `ey - v - be good; be delicious; be txsty; be harmonious
  • `eyawaDIy - n - Irrawaddy
  • `eyre` - n - Ireland
  • `e` - pro - that [previous topic]
  • `e` qa` - instead of
  • `e`levan - n - elephant
  • `e`mam - n - aunt [father's sister]
  • `e`mamnal - n - aunt [father's brother's wife]
  • `e`nal - n - someone who married into the family [does not specify the exact relationship]
  • `e`qIn - n - rustling sound `e`qIn tlhen rustle, make a rustling sound
  • `Ib - n - tub
  • `Ich - v - be slippery
  • `IDnar - n - magic, wizardry
  • `IDnar lIl - v - perform magic [referring to a stage magician]
  • `IDnar lIlwI` - n - magician
  • `IDnar pIn`a` - n - wizard, sorcerer
  • `Igh - v - be cursed; be jinxed [slang]
  • `Ighbo Hol - n - Igbo (language)
  • `IghvaH - n - type of animal; ~igvah~
  • `Igh`aDmegh - n - antibody [body part -- plural is formed with -mey]
  • `IH - v - be beautiful; be handsome
  • `Ij - v - listen
  • `Il - v - be sincere
  • `IlHa` - v - be insincere
  • `Ilyaw` - n - epitome (It is used to indicate the best of something. For example, `Ilyaw` `oH tajvam`e` (literally, though clumsily, "this knife is an epitome") expresses the idea that the knife is of the best quality. When used as the object of rur, the quality is very high, but not necessarily the best: `Ilyaw` rur tajvam (literally "this knife resembles an epitome") means that the knife is of extremely high quality.
  • `Im - v - render; boil fat
  • `Impey` - n - pyramid
  • `ImSIng - n - sewer [This refers to the whole sewer system -- tunnels, conduits, valves, etc.]
  • `ImtIy - n - cameloid animal without a hump, like a llama or alpaca
  • `Imyagh - excl - sound made by a vIghro` or ghISnar [This is an imitative word and there are variations. And not everyone uses it in the first place.]
  • `In - n - percussion instrument [drum; bell]
  • `InDIye`na` - n - Indiana
  • `InDIyene`palIS - n - Indianapolis
  • `InDogh - n - syllable
  • `InDoneSya` - n - Indonesia
  • `InSep - n - penis
  • `InSong - n - flower (bright part of plant)
  • `InterlIngwa` Hol - n - Interlingua
  • `Internet - n - Internet
  • `InuwIt Hol - n - Inuit (language)
  • `Inyam - n - ego, the self
  • `Ing - v - move clockwise
  • `Inglan - n - England
  • `IngSav - n - melody
  • `Ip - n - oath
  • `Ip - v - vow; swear
  • `Ipnal - n - spouse
  • `Iptay - n - epetai (honorific, grade 5)
  • `Iq - v - be too many; be too much
  • `IqnaH QaD - n - dry mucus, booger
  • `IqnaH - n - mucus
  • `IqngIl - n - coil, spring
  • `IQ - v - be sad
  • `IQDoy` - n - parody, caricature (This term may be applied to a drawing or sculpture, for example, or to something written or performed)
  • `Ir - v - guess, suppose, imagine [as in mejpu` SuvwI` `e` vI`Ir I guess the warrior has left]
  • `Ir - v - be creamy, be pasty
  • `Irgh - v - bully, intimidate, pick on, harass (used for all ages)
  • `IrmeD - n - eddy [in air]
  • `IrneH - n - uncle [mother's brother]
  • `IrneHnal - n - uncle [mother's sister's husband]
  • `ISjaH - n - calendar
  • `ISlan - n - Iceland
  • `ISQIm - n - harmony [Refers to music only, not people getting along]
  • `IStanbul - n - Istanbul
  • `ISyar - n - legacy
  • `It - n - Klingon ~I~ sound
  • `It - v - be depressed
  • `Italya` - n - Italy
  • `Ityop`Iya - n - Ethiopia
  • `Itlh - v - be advanced; be highly developed
  • `Iv - n - altitude
  • `Iv - q - who?
  • `IventoH - n - pineapple-like fruit [A Klingon fruit that grows on trees that's kind of like a pineapple (though pineapples don't grow on trees) - largish with thorny projections on a reasonably hard shell or skin. Unlike a pineapple, though, the inside is more bitter than sweet.]
  • `IvtIH - n - hip
  • `Iw - n - blood
  • `Iw Doy` - n - anemia, anaemia [informal]
  • `Iw remwI` - n - vampire
  • `Iw `Ip ghomey - n - blood oath circles - the name of a well known sculpture by mIStaq
  • `Iwghargh - n - type of animal; bloodworm
  • `IyDo Hol - n - Ido
  • `I` - n - armpit
  • `I` ghew - n - a bug that sort of resembles a beetle
  • `I`ran - n - Iran
  • `I`SeghIm - n - curmudgeon
  • `o - excl - O [before a name in direct address]
  • `ob - v - be curved, arced
  • `obe` - n - order; group officially recognized by government
  • `obmaQ - n - ax
  • `obmoH - v - curve, arch; raise (one's eyebrows)
  • `obray`wal - n - type of animal; sort of resembles a scorpion [It runs really fast in a seemingly haphazard way and has a dangerous (sharp and poisonous) tail.]
  • `och - n - tunnel; conduit
  • `och mutlhwI` - n - plumber
  • `oD - v - arbitrate; mediate
  • `oDtu` - n - spot, splotch, blemish, blotch
  • `oDwI` - n - arbitrator
  • `ogh - v - invent; devise
  • `oH - pro - it
  • `oj - v - be thirsty
  • `ojHa` - v - not be thirsty anymore
  • `ol - v - verify, check if (something) is true, make sure that (something) is true
  • `olQan - n - gap [like the space between your teeth or the area between rows of seats in a theater, but it and `olQanmey can be used for the space in a room, space on a desk, etc. A verb commonly used with `olQan is `uch. This generally means "hold, grasp," but when the object is `olQan it's often translated "occupy" or "take up."]
  • `om - v - resist; fend off
  • `onDu`raS - n - Honduras
  • `onroS - n - drop [like a raindrop or a drop of any liquid]
  • `onteryo - n - Ontario
  • `ong - v - be cunning; be sly
  • `op - n - some; an unknown or unspecified quantity
  • `opDIch - num - nth
  • `opleS - adv - one day, someday
  • `oplogh - adv - several times
  • `opuHwI` - n - prostitute
  • `oq - v - sink [into water, etc]
  • `oqe` - n - coral
  • `oqmoH - v - submerge
  • `oQqar - n - root; tuber
  • `oQqar qIj - n - licorice-like root (Klingons eat a kind of root they call `oQqar qIj ("black root"), which is rather bitter.)
  • `or - v - pilot; operate [an aircraft]
  • `orgh - v - skitter (like a startled lizard or bug)
  • `orghengan - n - Organian
  • `orghen - n - Organia
  • `orghen rojmab - n - Organian Peace Treaty
  • `orghenya` - n - Organia
  • `orghenya` rojmab - n - Organian Peace Treaty
  • `orghenya`ngan - n - Organian
  • `orwI` - n - pilot; one who operates [an aircraft]
  • `oS - v - represent
  • `oSHeQ - n - spleen
  • `oSIya`nIya - n - Oceania
  • `oSteray` - n - Austria
  • `oSwI` - n - emissary
  • `ot - n - Klingon ~o~ sound
  • `ot - v - withhold (information)
  • `otHa` - v - disclose, divulge; leak (information) chich `otHa` leak information
  • `otHel - n - dock [any place a vessel is moored, even if there is no structure]
  • `otlh - n - photon
  • `otlh poH - n - Planck time
  • `otlhQeD - n - quantum physics
  • `otlhtej - n - quantum physicist
  • `ov - v - compete
  • `ovjeq`IS - n - professional (A "professional," meaning someone who does something because it's their occupation (as opposed to hobby) or official position is a `ovjeq`IS. Often the slang term yaS (literally "officer") is used.)
  • `ovmay - n - direct object
  • `oynot - n - unspecified flesh (of an animal)
  • `oy` - n - ache; pain; sore; hurt
  • `oy` - v - ache; hurt; be sore
  • `oy`naQ - n - painstik
  • `o` - n - aft
  • `olan `ambaymey - n - Åland Islands
  • `o`lav - n - type of drum
  • `o`lav`a` - n - bass drum
  • `o`mat ghIrI` - n - O'Mat Gri [In the TNG episode "Heart of Glory", the Klingon ordering food and drink (from the food replicator) says he wants 'o'mat ghIrI', which is some sort of meat and pasta-like concoction. Then he specifies that the fat in the food should be boiled, one of the optional ways to prepare this dish. He says tI'Im! boil (the fat [in the entrees])! He uses the prefix tI- because there are three separate entrees. Finally, he orders a special, rather pungent Klingon beverage known as pIvyoch.]
  • `o`megh - n - end [of song]
  • `o`nI` - n - foam, froth
  • `o`nI` Sub - n - solid foam (like styrofoam)
  • `o`rIS - n - molecule
  • `o`roy` - n - chalk
  • `o`wen - n - double agent; someone/something of ambiguous status
  • `ub - v - be lonely
  • `uch - v - hold; grasp; lock [in the sense of locking on a target: DoS 'uchta' ("he/she locked on the target")]; keep (in the combination of change) Jim `uch QoQDaj Jim is absorbed in his music.
  • `uchgha` - n - RNA
  • `uchHa` - v - let go of
  • `uD - n - laser
  • `uD Haqtaj - n - laser scalpel
  • `uD`a` - n - laser
  • `ugh - v - be heavy
  • `ughanDa - n - Uganda
  • `ughDuq ghargh - n - caterpillar
  • `uH - v - have a hangover; be hung over
  • `uj - n - ~uj~ [unit of length]
  • `uj`a` - n - big ~uj~ [unit of length]
  • `ul - n - electricity
  • `ul gho - n - circuit
  • `ul ghom`oH - n - electrical outlet
  • `ul pat mutlhwI` - n - electrician
  • `ul rarwI` - n - plug [electric]
  • `ul Sech - n - flashlight
  • `ul `aplo` - n - battery
  • `um - v - be qualified
  • `uman - n - Oman
  • `uma` - n - petal
  • `umber - n - ecosystem, environment
  • `umyotlh - n - profit [this is strictly in the monetary sense, not general advantage or benefit]
  • `un - n - pot [for food preparation; general term]
  • `un quD - n - artificially produced ~qud~
  • `un naQ - n - stirring stick; mixing stick
  • `unqal - n - kettle
  • `unqer ghItlhmeH Ho`DoS quq - n - Unker Non-Linear Writing System
  • `unwat - n - basket [weaved container for carrying things]
  • `ung - v - squat down
  • `up - v - be unsavory; be disgusting; be repugnant; be loathsome; be icky
  • `uppol - n - stunt, feat
  • `uq - v - whistle [if there's an object, it's the thing (song? birdcall?) being whistled]
  • `uqrayI`na - n - Ukraine
  • `uQ - n - dinner
  • `uQ`a` - n - banquet; feast
  • `ur - v - treason; commit treason
  • `urgh - v - jab, poke `urgh neH tinker with [slang]
  • `urghwI` - n - poker (card game)
  • `urmang - n - treason
  • `urughway` - n - Uruguay
  • `urwI` - n - traitor
  • `uS - n - leg
  • `uS nev`ob - n - thigh
  • `uS reStav - n - shin
  • `uS tutren - n - inside of the knee
  • `uSgheb - n - type of bird [makes a ruckus at dawn; fiercer than a rooster]
  • `uSqan - n - iron (element)
  • `uSu` - n - sauce for ~gladst~
  • `ut - n - Klingon ~u~ sound
  • `ut - v - be essential; be necessary
  • `ut`at - n - chest of drawers
  • `utlh - n - officer emeritus; retired officer
  • `uy - v - press down; click (a button)
  • `uy` - num - million [number-forming element]
  • `u` - n - universe
  • `u` Dop - n - mirror universe
  • `u` quq - n - parallel universe

Suffixes

Suffix Applies to Type Meaning
-ba` Verbs 6 (qualification) obviously
-bej Verbs 6 (qualification) certainly; undoubtedly
-beH Verbs 2 (predisposition) ready; set up

This suffix is used when the subject is inanimate. -rup is used when the subject is a living being.

-be` Verbs Rover not

This suffix negates the verb, it implies that the action is not done. It is not used with imperative prefixes, instead -Qo' is used.

-bogh Verbs 9 (relative clause marker) that, what, where, which, who, whom or whose.
-chaj Nouns 4 (possession) their
-choH Verbs 3 (change) beginning to; becoming; starting to

This suffix indicates a change in state or direction.

-chugh Verbs 9 (subordinate clause marker) if
-chuq Verbs 1 (Reflexive) each other; one another

This suffix indicates that the action of the verb affects the subject. The verb prefix must have a plural subject and no object (such as ma- or Su-).

-chu` Verbs 6 (qualification) clearly; perfectly

This suffix may indicate that the action was performed correctly.

-Daj Nouns 4 (possession) his; her; its
-Daq Nouns 5 (locative) at, by, in, on, to

This suffix indicates that something is happening in the vicinity of the noun. The exact translation depends on the context. It can only refer to location in space, and is not used for time (in June) or in the abstract (in English).

-DI` Verbs 9 (subordinate clause marker) when; as soon as
-Du` Nouns 2 (plural) This suffix forms the plural of nouns which refer to body parts of humanoids and other animals. See also -mey and -pu'.
-ghach Verbs 9 (nominalizer) This suffix turns a verb into a noun, however its use is not clear. See also -wI'.
-Ha` Verbs Rover undo; mis-; de-; dis-

This suffix is similar to -be'. -be' implies that something is not done, -Ha implies that it was undone, and so is stronger. It indicates that there has been a change of state; that the action has been undone or been carried out incorrectly.

This suffix is not a rover, since it always appears before any other suffixes, right next to the verb. It can be used with imperative prefixes.

-Hey Nouns 3 (qualification) apparent

This suffix indicates that the speaker has doubts about the use of the noun.

-Hom Nouns 1 (dimunitive) This suffix creates a noun which is smaller, less powerful or less important than without the suffix. See also -'a'.
-jaj Verbs 9 let; may

This suffix suffix indicates a wish of the speaker for something to happen, and is often used in a toast. It cannot be used with a type 7 suffix.

-laH Verbs 6 can; able
-law` Verbs 6 (qualification) seemingly; apparently
-lIj Nouns 4 (possession) your (singular)

Used when the noun does not refer to a being capable of using language.

-lI` Verbs 7 (aspect) This suffix indicates that the action is in progress or incomplete, but always with a definite objective. See also -taH.
Nouns 4 (possession) your (singular)

Used when the noun refers to a being capable of using language.

-lu` Verbs 6 (indefinite subject) somebody; someone; something

This suffix indicates that the subject is indefinite or unknown.

-maj Nouns 4 (possession) our

Used when the noun does not refer to a being capable of using language.

-ma` Nouns 4 (possession) our

Used when the noun refers to a being capable of using language.

-meH Verbs 9 (purpose clause marker) for; for the purpose of; in order to
-mey Nouns 2 (plural) This suffix forms the plural of nouns, excepting where these refer to beings capable of using language (see -pu') or body parts (see Du'-). These include group nouns.
-moH Verbs 4 (cause) cause; make

This suffix indicates that the subject is causing a change of condition or creating a new condition. It is often not directly translated. When applied to an intransitive verb, the verb becomes transitive.

-mo` Verbs 9 (subordinate clause marker because of; due to
Nouns 5 because of; due to
-na` Nouns 3 (qualification) definite

This suffix indicates that the speaker is sure about the use of the noun.

-neS Verbs 8 (honorific) be honoured to

This suffix is used to indicate extreme politeness or deference to a superior.

-nIS Verbs 2 (volition) need; must
-oy Nouns 1 This suffix indicates that the noun is used as a term of endearment.
-pa` Verbs 9 (subordinate clause marker) before
-pu` Verbs 7 (aspect) This suffix is used for an action which is completed or finished.
Nouns 2 (plural) This suffix forms the plurals for words denoting beings that use language. See also -mey and -Du'.
-qang Verbs 2 (volition) be willing to
-qa` Verbs 3 (change) again; resuming; restarting

This suffix is used when an action has stopped and then starts again.

-qoq Nouns 3 (qualification) so-called

This suffix indicates that the noun is used ironically or falsely.

-qu` Verbs Rover well; very; very much

This suffix emphasises the action. It is not always directly translated, the emphasis instead applied to the way the words are spoken.

-Qo` Verbs Rover don't; won't

This suffix negates the verb when an imperative prefix has been used, when it is usually translated by don't. It is also used to indicate a refusal, and is translated by won't.

This suffix is not a rover, since it is always placed between any type 8 and 9 suffixes.

-raj Nouns 4 (possession) your (plural)

Used when the noun does not refer to a being capable of using language.

-ra` Nouns 4 (possession) your (plural)

Used when the noun refers to a being capable of using language.

-rup Verbs 2 (predisposition) be ready to; be prepared to

This suffix is used when the subject is a living being. -beH is used when the subject is inanimate.

-taH Verbs 7 (aspect) This suffix is used for an action which is still underway or is continuing, with or without an objective. See also -lI'.
-ta` Verbs 7 (aspect) Like -pu', this suffix indicates that the action is complete. It is used when the action is intended or deliberate, and not accidental. It is often translated in the same way as -pu'.
-vaD Nouns 5 intended for; to; for

This suffix indicates that the noun is to benefit. It is also added to an indirect object, which precedes the object.

-vam Nouns 4 (specification) this; these
-vetlh Nouns 4 (specification) that; those
-vIp Verbs 2 be afraid to
-vIS Verbs 9 (subordinate clause marker) while
-vo` Nouns 5 from

This suffix indicates movement in a direction away from the noun. It can only refer to physical movement, and is not used for time (from June).

-wIj Nouns 4 (possession) my

Used when the noun does not refer to a being capable of using language.

-wI' Verbs 9 (nominalizer) This suffix has the meaning one who does or thing which does. It converts the verb into a regular noun and is similar to -er in English. See also -ghach.
Nouns 4 (possession) my

Used when the noun refers to a being capable of using language.

-'a' Verbs 9 This suffix indicates the sentence is a question to be answered by yes or no.
Nouns 1 (augmentative) This suffix forms a noun which is bigger, more powerful or more important than without the suffix. See also -'Hom.
-`egh Verbs 1 (Reflexive) herself; himself; myself; oneself; themselves; yourself; yourselves; automatically

This suffix indicates that the action of the verb affects the subject. Any prefix used must be one that has no object (such as jI-, bI-, ma- or Su-). Means "automatically" with machines, automatic doors, and the like.

-`e` Nouns 5 This suffix indicates that the noun is the topic of the sentence. For example, it is placed on the head noun of a relative clause, indicated by the verb suffix -bogh.

Prefixes

Subject Object
none me you (sing.) him/her/it us you (plural) them
I jI- qa- vI- Sa- vI-
you (sing.) bI- cho- Da- ju- Da-
he/she/it none mu- Du- none nu- lI- none
we ma- pI- wI- re- DI-
you (plural) Su- tu- bo- che- bo-
they none mu- nI- lu- nu- lI- none

none indicates that no prefix is required. For the blank entries, the object is translated by -`egh or -chuq.


Imperative Prefixes

Subject Object
none me him/her/it us them
you (sing.)

(addressed to one person)

yI- HI- yI- gho- tI-
you (plural)

(addressed to several people)

pe-