New Klingon Words
Disclaimer: This list is not current. It was last updated with words revealed in the middle of 2020. It will be brought up to match present knowledge by the end of 2023.
The words listed here were revealed or expanded upon after the publication of The Klingon Dictionary and Klingon for the Galactic Traveler. This list was compiled and maintained for many years by Will Martin (a.k.a. charghwI'). It is now curated by Alan Anderson (a.k.a. ghunchu'wI'). Note that not all of these words are perfectly defined, and the list is subject to additions, deletions, and emendations as our knowledge increases. The choice of what words deserve to be included in this list is up to Alan. Send him suggestions for additional entries, realizing that only words from confirmed Okrand sources will be accepted, and the source must be cited. See the explanation at the bottom of this list for source abbreviation descriptions.
In order not to compete with Dr. Okrand's income via royalties, the vocabulary of TKD and KGT will not be reproduced here. For a complete word list, combine this list with the ones in those two books.
jaDchu'
v
juggle (objects, not tasks)
qepHom 15
jaghla'
n
enemy commander
TKD p64-65
jaj
n
day (from dawn to dawn)
TKW p69 - jajvam
jaj wa'
n
Sunday
qepHom 12
jajlo' chum
n
sunrise (colorful sky) [Friends of Maltz: Quvar]
qep'a' 23
jajlo' Qa'
n
a noisy animal (not a bird) known for making a ruckus at dawn, like a rooster
HolQeD v10n4p5
jajvam
n
today
TKW p69 - jajvam
jal
v
imagine, envision
qepHom 2015 p.14
janbI'
n
slope [mathematical term]
qep'a' 25
janluq pIqarD HoD
proper n
Captain Jean-Luc Picard
HolQeD v5n3p15 - S25
jantor
n
witness [one who has actually seen or been part of an event, eyewitness]
qepHom 17
jaqtala'
n
puberty, /jak'tahla/ (Klingon)
qepHom 2019
jaQ
v
be deep [Marc Okrand email 2012-01-15]
qepHom
jaQHa'
v
be shallow [Marc Okrand email 2012-01-15]
qepHom
jat Hol
n
gibberish
qepHom 2019
javtIm
n
virus
qep'a' 23
jay
n
sound of letter j [alphabet]
qep'a' wa'maH javDIch
je
adv
also [described in grammar section. It follows the verb it modifies.]
TKD
jel
v
shake, tremble [as in the buildings are shaking because there's an earthquake, or everything in the house shakes when you slam the door, or I'm nervous or afraid so I'm shaking (Klingons have never experienced this, but they've seen it in others)]
qep'a' 24
jelwaS
n
iodine (element)
qepHom 2019
jem
v
sense, feel, perceive, detect
qepHom 2017
jem'IH
n
castle (a building built for protection or fortification)
1 January 2018 email to Lieven
jentu'
n
bird, type of bird (aquatic, flightless) [Marc Okrand's Sea World visit with Pat Duff @pduff1964 2013-08-11]
Twitter
jer
v
surge (aircraft suddenly moves forward or backward) [It is unknown if this has meaning outside of the context of aircraft attitude descriptions]
HolQeD v11n2p9
jeS, jeS QoQ
n
jazz (music) [loanword from DIvI' Hol]
qepHom 15
jev
v
storm, [wheeze, breathe noisily] [The verb to Storm is in TKD, but this new meaning "wheeze" arrived in HolQeD.]
HolQeD, v12n4p8
jey'
n
tin
qepHom 15
jey' Sorpuq
n
bronze
qepHom 15
jey'naS ghoqwI'
n
double agent [Marc Okrand email 2012-01-02]
qepHom 10
je'
v.t.
feed (someone else)[, enrich (spirit)]
TKW p7
jIb
v
lynch, execute by hanging [Maltz thought maybe an early form of torture or execution was hanging people by their hair, but he wasn't totally sure about this and may have just been reacting to the homophony.]
Hamletmachine
jIb Ho'Du'
n
comb
TN!LK
jIb yachwI'
n
hairbrush
TN!LK
jIb'egh
v
suicide by hanging
Hamletmachine
jIj
v
cooperate [jIj is listed only in the Klingon-English side of TKD while yeq is listed only in the English-Klingon side. KGT lists it as "be cooperative".]
TKD
jIm
v
shrug, heave (aircraft rising or falling without pitching)
HolQeD v11n2p9, De'vID Feb 2019 Q&A
jIn
v
wish
qepHom 2015 p.12
jInmol pa'
n
studio, workspace
qepHom 15
jIr
excl
Whoop-dee-doo!, La-dee-dah!, Who cares?!, Big deal! [When the word was first encountered it was accompanied by a gesture of pointing upward and moving the hand in a circular motion, but Marc Okrand made clear that the gesture is not an integral part of the exclamation.]
qepHom 14
jItuj'ep
n
mummy
qep'a' 24
jItuj'ep ngutlh
n
mummification glyph
qep'a' 24
jIvvo'
n
evil criminal, villain, malefactor [STID]
qepHom 12
jIyweS
n
translation, gloss [a quick tag to give an idea of what the word means, not a complete definition]
Feb 2018 email to De'vID
jI'ev
n
handle, knob, doorknob
qep'a' 23
job
v
zigzag, be jagged
qep'a' 24
jolpat
n
transporter system
BoP Poster
jonSeH yaH
n
engineering (location) [where the engines are controlled]
qepHom 2017
jorchan
n
view, scene, scenery, sight, landscape
qep'a' 25
jorchan velqa'
n
scenery, stage decoration
Hamletmachine
jorja
n
Georgia [US state]
qepHom 17
jorneb
n
warhead (of a torpedo)
KGT, in the body text and E-K
jornub
n
warhead (of a torpedo)
KGT, in K-E
jo'
v
inflate, fill with air, blow up [It's not the same as SuS, which can also be used for blowing out a candle. With SuS you're blowing into/onto/at something, but the air gets out of the thing (or never goes in it). With jo', the air is trapped in the thing and can't come out until you let it out (or the thing breaks).]
qepHom 2017
juch
v
have a width of
MSN
jul
n
sun [qep'a' wa'maH chorghDIch]
paq'batlh
julSIp
n
helium
qepHom 2015 p.13
jum
v
be odd, peculiar, unexpected, fishy
TKD, qepHom 2017
jungwoq
N
China
TN!LK
ju'pIter
N
Jupiter (planet) [The "scientific" name of the planet is Sol vagh.]
January 2020 email to DeSDu'
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Works Cited
- CK
- Okrand, Marc. (1992). Conversational Klingon (audio cassette). New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN: 5-022-73903-6391
- FFN
- Festival of the Spoken Nerd (2015). Full Frontal Nerdity DVD. Laughing Stock. ISBN: 0-671-79739-5
- Hamletmachine
- Translation by Lieven Litaer of Heiner Müller's 1977 play Die Hamletmaschine. (link)
- HolQeD
- (1992 to present). The quarterly journal of the Klingon Language Institute. Assorted interviews with and articles by Marc Okrand. ISSN: 1061-2327
- KCD
- Okrand, Marc. (1992). Star Trek: Klingon, CD-ROM. New York: Simon & Schuster Interactive. ISBN: 0-671-52873-4
- Monopoly
- (2011). MONOPOLY® – Star Trek Klingon Limited Edition, board game. USAopoly/Hasbro.
- OZ
- 'aS 'IDnar pIn'a' Dun, Jackson Bradley's translation of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
- PCHC
- Chase Masterson (2016). Pop Culture Hero Coalition message. Facebook. (link)
- PK
- Levine, Barry & Okrand, Marc. (1993). Power Klingon: Master the Language of Warriors (audio cassette). New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN: 0-671-87975-8
- qepHom
- An annual meeting of Klingonists in Germany. The first such qepHom took place in 2002. (The word can refer to any minor gathering, but this list uses it exclusively for the organized German meeting.)
- qep'a'
- The annual conference of the Klingon Language Institute. Marc Okrand is often in attendance. qep'a' wa'DIch was held in 1994. (The word can refer to any convention or conference, but this list uses it exclusively for the KLI's annual meeting.)
- TKD
- Okrand, Marc. (1985 & 1992). The Klingon Dictionary, 2nd ed. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN: 0-671-74559-X
- TKW
- Okrand, Marc. (1996). Star Trek: The Klingon Way: A Warrior's Guide. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN: 0-671-53755-5
- TN!LK
- (2011). Talk Now! Learn Klingon. EuroTalk, Ltd. ISBN: 1-846-06606-9
- veS QonoS
- (1990). Newsletter of Mortas-Te-Kaase, a defunct Klingon club. Some new words from Marc Okrand appeared, and a subset of these were later used in CK. The entire list was reprinted by permission of both Okrand and the club in HolQeD 1:3.