Rituals
Mainly in episodes of
Star Trek TNG and
DSN several klingon rituals were shown. Some of these rituals found their way into the vocabulary and end with the word
tay ritual:
Klingon |
English |
Notes |
be'joy' |
ritual torture by a woman |
not really canon, appeared in the novel "Sarek" |
bIreqtal |
Brek'tal |
If somebody kills the husband of a klingon woman in an honorable way and the victim has no successor, then the killer is allowed to marry the woman. |
chontay |
ritual hunt |
Heghbat |
ritual suicide |
Heghtay |
death ritual |
ja'chuq |
rite of succession |
muvtay |
initiation |
nentay |
rite of ascension |
qutluch tay |
Kut'luch ceremony |
KGT, p. 62 |
ruStay |
bonding ritual |
similar to a blood bond |
SonchIy |
death ritual (for a leader) |