bambu' |
n. |
bamboo |
ban |
v. |
be bruised |
banmoH |
v. |
bruise |
bar |
v. |
blink, flash |
as in lighting up briefly or repeatedly |
baylaD |
n. |
slice |
the chunk cut off as the result of quH |
bel Qu' |
n. |
hobby |
literally "pleasure task" |
bIQ beb |
n. |
surface of water |
literally "water roof" |
bItlh |
v. |
adapt to, get used to, acclimatize to, conform to, become adjusted to |
bo'DIj nompuq |
n. |
forensic evidence |
literally "court evidence" |
bo'ghey |
n. |
slope (of a mountain) |
chen'ong |
n. |
maze |
Daqav |
n. |
bay, inlet, cove |
DerlIq |
n. |
chest, crate, trunk |
DIy |
v. |
be stuck |
like when you can't get a door open or a window open |
Do'ol |
n. |
sand |
[see note] |
Do'ol HuD |
n. |
dune |
literally "sand mountain" |
Do'ol raS'IS |
n. |
grain of sand |
literally "sand seed" |
Du'ran |
n. |
philtrum (groove between upper lip and nose) |
ghan |
v. |
glance at, take a quick look at |
ghan'Iq |
n. |
police force |
ghan'Iq yaS |
n. |
police officer |
ghanroq |
n. |
basis/foundation |
underlying support for an idea, argument, or process, depending on context, could also be meq or qolqoS |
gher'ID |
n. |
results, outcome, effect, repercussions, consequence, ramification |
"results" with the sense of "score, tally" is mIvwa'mey; see other note below |
ghevjur |
n. |
shovel |
ghItwI' |
n. |
geyser |
this is just "gusher, spouter"; if steam is emitted, say SeS ghItwI' |
ghon |
v. |
sparkle, glitter |
ghor'In |
n. |
Gorn |
Hampong |
n. |
wound, sore |
a wound or sore with at least some abrasion, not just a bruise |
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) |
Ho' |
n. |
cog/sprocket teeth |
Ho' rutlh |
n. |
cog/sprocket wheel |
Huch ngop |
n. |
coins |
literally "money plates"; often, not always, followed by -Hom . |
Huch jengva' |
n. |
coin |
literally "money plate"; often, not always, followed by -Hom . |
janbI' |
n. |
slope |
mathematical term |
jorchan |
n. |
view, scene, scenery, sight, landscape |
lang |
v. |
be narrow, be thin |
lujwI' mIr |
n. |
losing streak |
lIQ |
v. |
be stuck |
like when you can't solve an algebra problem or a crossword puzzle |
logh'ob |
n. |
chest |
the upper front of the torso |
luS |
v. |
be submerged in, immersed in, surrounded by |
marQen |
n. |
eddy (in water) |
me'cheD |
n. |
cross (+), ex (x) |
meq |
n. |
topic, subject, theme |
of a conversation, story, etc; literally "reason, motive" |
mInyoD |
n. |
eyelid |
literally "eye shield", used in Klingon Hamlet |
mIr |
n. |
streak |
literally "chain" |
mIt |
v. |
be appropriate, be suitable, be proper for the situation, circumstances |
mItlhon |
n. |
smaller sail |
molHa' |
v. |
dig up |
like a bone or a fossil |
moqtay' |
n. |
bruise |
a bruise you can see, but not an open wound; |
mor |
v. |
be agile, be dexterous |
depending on context, could also be Soy'Ha' |
naQjejHom |
n. |
arrow |
not really a Klingon gizmo |
nel |
v. |
match, pair up, map onto |
like when fingerprints match |
neq |
v. |
intersect |
neqratlh |
n. |
glasses, spectacles |
ngajrun |
n. |
puzzle, riddle |
this is a made-up puzzle or riddle |
ngam |
v. |
adhere, stick |
with -moH, the object is the thing that's stuck to or adhering to something else, marked by -Daq |
ngat 'atlhqam |
n. |
a type of mold |
"gunpowder fungus" |
ngen |
v. |
be numb |
of body parts; for emotions, use jemHa' or jemlaHbe' |
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 |
pep'en |
n. |
current |
in air or water |
pIlghIm |
n. |
mast, flagpole |
poymar |
n. |
mystery |
a real "mystery", something that confounds people |
qaD mIr |
n. |
tournament |
literally "challenge chain" |
qappam |
n. |
foundation |
supporting under-structure of building |
qengHoD |
n. |
treasure, booty, plunder, swag, loot |
context determines the best translation. If there's a lot of stuff, the plural form qengHoDmey is oftenbut 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 |
qerjIq |
n. |
fireplace |
specific place in a house for heating/food preperation |
qey |
v. |
be in vain, futile |
qo'rob |
n. |
puppet |
this is as in "puppet state" or "puppet government" |
quH |
v. |
slice, carve |
quvHa'ghach mIr |
n. |
losing streak |
QapwI' mIr |
n. |
winning streak |
less common way to say it |
Qu'Hom |
n. |
errand |
raghghan |
n. |
doll, action figure, miniature humanoid |
rapmar |
n. |
oar |
rarchuq |
v. |
be related |
generally/conceptually, from rar "connect" |
rarwI' |
n. |
plug |
this is "connector"; an electric plug is 'ul rarwI' |
rIj |
v. |
be moored, anchored |
rIjHa' |
v. |
be adrift |
Sat |
v. |
be stuck |
like being stuck in a meeting or stuck in trafficalso, for some reason, it be would be for a cat stuck in a tree |
SIrgh raghghan |
n. |
puppet |
literally "string doll", the doll that is used in performances |
SIyech |
n. |
cane, reed |
SolDeS |
n. |
sail |
SommI' |
n. |
tool, implement, instrument |
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" |
tang |
v. |
trip, stumble |
toba'qo |
n. |
tobacco |
this is just the Federation Standard word; Maltz has heard the phrase por pur "inhale leaf," which he assumes is shortened from por tlhIch pur "inhale leaf smoke," but he has no idea what kind of por "leaf" it might be |
turwI' |
n. |
server (computer) |
if clarity is needed, say De'wI' turwI' "computer server"; in context, turwI' alone is enough |
tut Duj |
n. |
lift, elevator |
"column vehicle"; this is the cab, not the whole system |
tutlh |
v. |
be official |
this is slang for "official"; when asked Maltz said nothing about "canon" |
tlham |
v. |
slide |
tlhan |
v. |
dig |
the object is dirt or soil or a field or a road, for example, not "hole" |
tlharwIl |
n. |
link in a chain |
tlhoS |
adv. |
barely |
"almost," used with a negative verb |
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" |
var |
v. |
be stingy, miserly |
varHa' |
v. |
be generous |
vatlh |
v. |
coil |
vaw |
v. |
be ambitious, determined, motivated |
not like an ambitious task |
vech |
v. |
cross |
as in a bridge crossing a river, etc., [see note below] |
vergh |
v. |
dock, portseaport, airport, spaceport |
with a structure to attach to, like a pier; expanded meaning |
vI'Ir |
n. |
tide |
vIl |
v. |
be cool, as in chic |
this is slang |
vIQ |
v. |
suffocate |
does not take an object |
vIQmoH |
v. |
smother |
for "drown" precede the verb with bIQDaq or the like |
voD |
v. |
drill, bore |
voDmeH jan |
n. |
drill |
a shortened version, voD jan , is often heard; this is the whole device, not the drill bit |
ya'rIS |
n. |
echo |
for the verb, see "rebound" 'et |
yay mIr |
n. |
winning streak |
common way to say it |
yul |
v. |
be itchy |
'ach |
conj. |
whereas, expressing contrast |
But there's also an idiomatic expression: ro' mojchugh ghIt "if the flat hand becomes a fist". Used in a similar fashion to the English "on the other hand" |
'an |
v. |
be a waste |
as someone sacrifices forces for a certain goal or just wastes one's resources |
'anmoH |
v. |
sacrifice |
[see video interview below] |
'atlhqam tun |
n. |
a type of mold |
"soft fungus" |
'ay |
v. |
float |
in/on water or other liquids; for in space, see "be adrift" rIjHa' |
'echletHom vey |
n. |
deck of cards |
'eD |
v. |
crawl |
'et |
v. |
bounce, rebound, ricochet |
the thing something bounces off of is marked with -vo' |
'Ich |
v. |
be slippery |
'IqngIl |
n. |
coil, spring |
'IrmeD |
n. |
eddy |
in air |
'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." |
'oq |
v. |
sink |
into water, etc |
'oqmoH |
v. |
submerge |
'otHel |
n. |
dock |
any place a vessel is moored, even if there is no structure |
'ung |
v. |
squatdown |
'unwat |
n. |
basket |
weaved container for carrying things |
'uq |
v. |
whistle |
if there's an object, it's the thing (song? birdcall?) being whistled |