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Verbs with potentially questionable status

Transitivity

Many words are not clear whether they are transitive or not. Does HuS hang mean "be hanging on the wall" or is it "I hang the coat on the wall."? Without clarification or canon examples, we will never be sure to know.

word	translation	clarification
chagh	drop	transitive, qepHom 2018
choH	alter, change
chung	accelerate
DIng	spin
HuS	hang	transitive, Hamletmachine 2020
jeS	participate
nup	decrease
ngoS	dissolve
puy	wreck
SIH	bend
So'	hide, cloak
vI'	accumulate
wav	divide

Stativity

This question would probably be clearer if it asked whether the verb expresses a state or quality. Such verbs can follow a noun in an adjectival usage, and can serve as the verb in a law'/puS construction. In typical linguistic usage, the term "stative" can apply to such things as "sleep" or "stand". These words don't match the relevant concept in Klingon grammar.

Qagh	err, be mistaken
vIH	move, be in motion	vIH qagh The Gagh is moving
wew	glow
wuQ	have a headache
yaH	be taken away
taH	be at a negative angle

Clarifications received

final decision: chegh is transitive. The object of the verb is the place returned to.

According to CK, chegh return is intransitive:

I'm pretty sure that Okrand has used this both ways. He uses it with the destination returned to as the object in the interview in HolQeD in which he explains verbs of motion. Here we see the problem with trying to classify verbs based only on their transitivity. The important information here is that the subject of the verb chegh is that which goes back to a previous location. (unknown author)

Klingon	translation	transitivity	source	canon example
chev	separate	transitive	PK	'uSDaj chop! chev! Chew that arm!
Dej	collapse	intransitive	PK	Dejpu'bogh Hov rur qablIj You face looks like a collapsed star (lit. a star which has collapsed)
Dub	improve	transitive	SkyBoxCards #14
ghor	break	transitive	TKW, KGT
ghur	increase	intransitive	SkyBoxCards #14
jach	cry out	transitive	SkyBoxCards #31
meQ	burn	intransitive	TKW	meQtaHbogh qachDaq Suv qoH neH. (It's also transitive; see below.)
mup	strike, impact	transitive	SkyBoxCards #2
pub	boil	intransitive	TKW, PK
puv	fly	intransitive	SkyBoxCards #33
Sach	expand	intransitive	TKW	mataHmeH maSachnIS To survive, we must expand.
tet	melt	transitive	Paqbatlh	nagh tetlaH tujvam

Sep breed has the animals being bred as the object, and the entity bringing the animals together for that purpose as the subject. (1)

yev pause is intransitive -- loQ yIyev PK
'aw' sting is transitive -- mu'aw' mInDu'wIj CK

Surprising (grammatically non-intuitive) clarifications received

Please only include non-controversial revelations!

meQ is stative -- Ha'DIbaHmey meQ Sop 'e' tIv tera'nganpu'. CK
meQ is transitive -- to'waQ meQ vutwI'. KGT (It's also intransitive; see above.)

See also

• a list of abbreviations
• transitivity
• The Transitivity Issue
• Irregular Causative Verbs for a list of verbs that are confirmed to have a causative meaning when used transitively

References

1 : Klingon for the Galactic Traveler p. 89: On the other hand, Klingons generally Sep ("breed") small animals such as gharghmey ("worms").