S jon
[ jon ] / [ jon ]
Klingon letters:
 jon
Handwritten:
 jon

1. NOT CANON: engineering[?]

word type: noun, TKD chapter 3.

plural: This word is probably not countable.

Source

This word does not appear as such in canon. It is derived from another word.

Questions about this word

This word does not appear in canon, but it is used in many other related words.
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Derived and related words

jonpIn engineering officer
jonSeH engine control
jonSeH yaH engineering station
jonta' engine
jonta' pa' eingine room
jonwI' engineer

2. capture
word type: verb, TKD chapter 4.
transitive verb: vay' vIjon. = I capture something.

Source

The Klingon Dictionary p. 91
First used in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (see list)

Opposite

jonHa' release

More Information

The history between the words jon and jonta' is based on a misusage of a Klingon line in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.

The original phrase was qama'pu' jonta' neH! I told you: only the engine! Then, the subtitles were added "I wanted prisoners" so Okrand had to adapt the meanings of the syllables to get a new but still legal construction:

Original New meaning
qa-ma'-pu' I have told you ➞ qama'-pu' prisoners
jonta' engine ➞ jon-ta' have captured
neH only ➞ neH want

As a side-kick on the filmmakers, Okrand kept the verb ma' in his dictionary with the meaning "accomodate".

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