qep'a' wejmaHDIch - New Words

This page contains a list of newly translated words provided by Dr. Okrand and Maltz.

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tlhIngan Hol	Type	English	Notes	Request
yalwoD	noun	momentum		Request
Day	verb	compare	The object is always plural, frequently in the form A B je. If the comparison is being made between two (or more) of the same thing, the noun's plural suffix is generally not used: targh vIDay "I compare targs (to each other)."	Request
naq	verb	be iridescent		Request
jamjuD	noun	bounty	A reward offered for the completion of a challenging task.	Request
ghuD	verb	be in common, be co-	This is used in constructions such as HoDpu' ghuD (literally something like "in-common captains," but a better translation would be "co-captains" or "fellow captains"). One could also say ghuD HoDpu' (literally "the captains are in common" but it really means they share the same status and, perhaps, work together). ghojwI' ghuD would be "a fellow student." puqpu' ghuD might refer to children who are growing up together (whether related or not).	Request
renyarDaq	noun	psychic ability or abilities	For "ESP," 'erwI'Daq is normally fine. The usual term for psychic ability (or abilities) in general is renyarDaq. The study of parapsychology is renyarDaq QeD, but this is sometimes shortened to DaqQeD.	Request
renyarDaq QeD	noun	parapsychology		Request
DaqQeD	noun	parapsychology	short form of renyarDaq QeD	Request
'e'qIn	noun	rustling sound		Request
'e'qIn tlhen	verb	make a rustling sound, rustle		Request
'amuS	noun	garishness, gaudiness, ostentatiousness	It is typically used as the object of the verbs 'ang, 'agh, and chIw, but it's not restricted to those.	Request
Qe'jIj	noun	Catalyst		Request
DuSchoHer	noun	Enzyme		Request
tu'lIp	noun	tulip	Terran flower; loanword	Request
yor	verb	sulk, mope, pout		Request
tlhamI'	noun	geode		Request
varqo'eng	noun	polynomial expression		Request
puboS	noun	scapula		Request
vatwam	noun	spout	This is a noun, referring to the nozzle on a teapot, for example. There's also a slang term: wuS or wuSDu', literally "lip(s)" — the choice depends on the shape of the spout.	Request
yoq'eD	noun	stool	This is a piece of furniture	Request
'uppol	noun	stunt, feat		Request
SenDeq	noun	twin	"Identical twins" are SenDeqpu' ghuD; non-identical twins are SenDeqpu' tlhIn. Groups made up of a specific number of members (whether people or otherwise) are referred to idiomatically by using Sonme' ("set, group, party") preceded by the number, so wej Sonme' is "group of three, party of three, trio, triplet," loS Sonme' is "quartet, quadruplet," and so on. cha' Sonme' ("group of two, duo") could mean twins, but SenDeqpu' is far more common.	Request
Sonme'	noun	set, group, party	Groups made up of a specific number of members (whether people or otherwise) are referred to idiomatically by using Sonme' ("set, group, party") preceded by the number, so wej Sonme' is "group of three, party of three, trio, triplet," loS Sonme' is "quartet, quadruplet," and so on. cha' Sonme' ("group of two, duo") could mean twins, but SenDeqpu' is far more common.	Request
cho'nI'yoH	noun	animism		Request
tarleq	noun	herb	This is a term used only in reference to food preparation.	Request
'awtIr	noun	musical note, musical tone	This refers to the sound, not the musical notation. A written musical note is usually 'awtIr ngutlh when referring to a specific note (such as yu or bIm) but QoQ ngutlh when referring to the glyph or character itself, not the specific tone it denotes.	Request
petben	noun	thump, thud	This noun refers to the sound. It is often used as the object of the verb tlhen.	Request
wuH	verb	skim, glide, skate, skid		Request
Qajnav	noun	diaper		Request
SIrHugh	noun	buffon, laughingstock	The underlying notion here is one of ridicule or derision. When wanting to be particularly insulting, this might be altered to SIrHagh.	Request
SIrHagh	noun	slang form of buffon, laughingstock		Request
chotmang	noun	assassination	Made by adding mang to chot. Maltz said you can't stick mang freely onto any verb (except, of course, in wordplay); it's not a nominalizing suffix.	Request
Sorghmang	noun	sabotage	Made by adding mang to Sorgh. Maltz said you can't stick mang freely onto any verb (except, of course, in wordplay); it's not a nominalizing suffix.	Request
matSu'	noun	commando		Request
'engDay	noun	flap		Request
moqlam	noun	feldspar		Request
tlhay'qeq	noun	domestication	Made by adding qeq to tlhay'. Maltz said you can't stick qeq freely onto any verb (except, of course, in wordplay); it's not a nominalizing suffix.	Request
yamqeq	noun	assimilation	Made by adding qeq to yam. Maltz said you can't stick qeq freely onto any verb (except, of course, in wordplay); it's not a nominalizing suffix.	Request
yam	verb	be assimilated, be incorporated, be subsumed		Request
qIrqoD	noun	a pine-like tree	Maltz said the closest tree to this description is a qIrqoD, though its branches aren't necessarily noticeably twisted. He said it was reasonable to use tera' qIrqoD for "pine." A Terran "pine cone" could be either tera' qet'uy or tera' qIrqoD qet'uy.	Request
romton	noun	bracket, corbel		Request
rep'eSlaqram	noun	mascot		Request
DujtlhuQ bIQDep	noun	starfish	Maltz wasn't aware of a Klingon creature like this, but this is what he heard when Klingons encountered the Terran creature.	Request
Sawqe'	noun	nugget, chunk, clump	A ngogh has a more-or-less defined shape, but it doesn't matter whether it was shaped by someone or it just happened naturally. And the shape doesn't have to be perfect. A Sawqe' probably doesn't have a defined (or even easily describable) shape (though it may come close or sort of resemble one). Sawqe' is generally used for smaller objects, but there's no clear-cut dividing line about size, and there are certainly Sawqe'mey tIn and ngoghmey mach. Certain items tend to always be referred to by one or the other: Your house is probably built out of ngoghmey, and someone seeking gold would most likely find qol'om Sawqe'mey in the wild (though qol'om ngoghmey at Fort Knox). There are, of course, instances where two people might refer to the same thing, especially if they are of ambiguous shape, by different terms.	Request
Huy	verb	hum, purr	This is used for a cat's purr.	Request
ray tlhen	verb	make an r sound, trill		Request
choQpel	noun	pull-up	This exercise (or maneuver) is used with the verb mI', as in choQpel vImI' "I do a pull-up/pull-ups, I perform a pull-up/pull-ups, I execute a pull-up/pull-ups." This word is used both for the common exercise involving gripping a bar as well as for pulling oneself up to the top of a wall. The term is used whether the palms of the hands are facing towards or away from the exerciser. If a distinction must be made, however, the following terminology is used: chap choQpel "pull-up" (overhand grip, palms face away) toch choQpel "chin-up" (underhand grip, palms face exerciser) When one uses the choQpel technique to exercise, there may be any number of repetitions of the same movements. A variant form of the exercise is known as the baQpel. In this exercise, the first up-down movement is with one arm only, the second is with the other arm only, the third is with the first arm only, and so on. As with the more basic choQpel, there are chap and toch versions.	Request
baQpel	noun	alternating one-handed pull-ups	In this exercise, the first up-down movement is with one arm only, the second is with the other arm only, the third is with the first arm only, and so on. As with the more basic choQpel, there are chap and toch versions.	Request
ngu'lIj	noun	soot, grime	In a non-technical context, this may also be translated as "grime".	Request
qaytap	noun	bill, act	This is a proposed regulation or rule or law, not one enacted or implemented or enforceable yet.	Request
qawno'	noun	remembrance, memorial	gathering or ceremony to remember and honor someone who has died	Request
qemyu'po'	noun	cerebral palsy		Request
qenggharu'	noun	kangaroo	loanword. There is no comparable Klingon animal	Request
lI'HemvI'	noun	dopamine		Request
'altlhIq	noun	exclamation	This is a grammatical category, included among the chuvmey.	Request
rISlIw	noun	tar		Request
tlhuHtuch	noun	armadillo-like creature	This more or less looks like an armadillo. It does not really resemble an anteater or a sloth.	Request
vanI'la'	noun	vanilla	This is another thing found only on Earth, and Maltz knew only its common Terran name. The term refers to both the plant and its fruit (pod), so, when needed, locutions such as vanI'la' San'emDer and vanI'la' naH are used. Similarly, the vanilla flavor is vanI'la' wejwa'.	Request
DIghna'	noun	poppy-like plant		Request
tup	verb	be conceptual, be abstract, be pure	"pure" here as in pure physics as opposed to applied physics	Request
toch	verb	be actual, be contrete, be practical, be pragmatic, be applied	"applied" here as in applied physics.	Request
'unqal	noun	kettle	Maltz said that, as far as he knew, the resemblance of this word to 'un qal, presumably "corrupt pot" (whatever that might mean), was just a coincidence.	Request
poy'	verb	confiscate		Request
'IQDoy'	noun	parody, caricature	This term may be applied to a drawing or sculpture, for example, or to something written or performed.	Request
ngub	verb	migrate, immigrate, emigrate	To specify immigration or emigration, make use of the suffixes –Daq and –vo' on the nouns referring to the destination or area of departure.	Request
bargh Soj	noun	casserole	There are not many traditional ways of preparing hot Klingon food. Maltz thought that a "casserole" could be termed simply bargh Soj ("bargh food") since a bargh its most likely the type of pot to be used.	Request
nIl'atrogh	noun	charcoal		Request
vuHbIn	noun	lymph		Request
yetmoS	noun	gravel	naghHom(mey) is also heard, primarily when focusing on individual stones, but for the stuff spread on the ground or used in making concrete, for example, yetmoS is more common.	Request
vI'ba'om	noun	masterpiece	This noun may refer to anything considered the best work or accomplishment of somebody.	Request
HeqqIv	noun	cliché, trope		Request
DID	verb	be sterotypical	The locution DIDmoH is used to mean "speak of or refer to (whatever the object of the verb is) in stereotypical terms."	Request
ro'qa'	noun	tonsil		Request
mum	verb	fancy, have a crush	The most common way to express this is with the verb mum, literally "taste, sense flavors." Context generally resolves any confusion.	Request
ghunglItlh	noun	piston		Request
qul 'alwI'	noun	will-o'-the-wisp		Request
rIjmeH tlhegh	noun	tether, leash	When the context is clear, this is sometimes called simply rIjwI'.	Request
yo'gha'	noun	yoga	loanword.	Request
'elmaQ	noun	serotonin		Request
wavre'	noun	pulsar	Klingon astronomers sometimes refer to this as a barwI'.	Request
qaDvan	noun	probation		Request
qaDvan SIQ	verb	be on probation		Request
yoghIp	noun	asthma		Request
qIrbI'	noun	hygiene	Klingon hygienic practices do not focus on cleanliness, though this is not ruled out, either.	Request
Solrogh	noun	guardrail, banister	The whole construction, including the railing and supports. A naSIn that actually provides support for the railing is a Solrogh tut. The railing alone is a raqvel.	Request
raqvel	noun	railing part of a guardrail or banister		Request
naSIn	noun	vertical post	This can provide support for something or be ornamentation. If it holds support for a railing, then it is also a Solrogh tut.	Request
bI'raD	noun	dough, batter		Request
voy	verb	clone (something)	The object of the verb is the original, not the clone. This is not the same as a velqa', a clone is not a replica (copy, model, etc). It's the same thing as the original, and is genetically identical to it. This word refers to cloning in the biological sense, not in the computer or IT sense.	Request
DarDogh	noun	clone	This is not the same as a velqa', a clone is not a replica (copy, model, etc). It's the same thing as the original, and is genetically identical to it. This word refers to cloning in the biological sense, not in the computer or IT sense.	Request
ngotrI'	noun	latitude	See below for how this is used.	Request
lungrI'	noun	longitude		Request
lawrI'	noun	degrees (modern)		Request
law	noun	degrees (traditional)		Request
ngotrI'tal	noun	parallel		Request
lungrI'tal	noun	meridian		Request
DeS tutren	noun	inside of the elbow	the antecubital space, the cubital fossa or the chelidon	Request
'uS tutren	noun	inside of the knee		Request

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latitude/longitude

A common way of talking about these concepts is by making use of the verbs 'ab ("have a height of") and juch ("have a width of"). When used to specify location (as opposed to linear dimension), the objects of these verbs are expressed in degrees, lawrI'(mey), so X 'ab could be translated "be at latitude X" and X juch could be "be at longitude X."

In some contexts, such as in preparing for in the midst of battle (but not restricted to these), it's more common to express the location (in degrees) followed by the word ngotrI' ("latitude") or lungrI' ("longitude") with no verb at all, a form of clipped Klingon. One does not need to use lawrI' in these situations.

By analogy with law and lawrI' (for "traditional" degrees and "modern" degrees), these terms are based on two of three older words that were used in specifying locations before significant contact with other civilizations in the galaxy led to adoption of the more generally used system:

ngotvI'

lungvI'

lechvI'

Maltz didn't know how to translate these traditional terms.

The modern words used for the imaginary lines used in determining coordinates — or the actual lines on a map or similar image — are:

ngotrI'tal "parallel"

lungrI'tal "meridian"

The traditional terms from which these were derived are:

ngottal

lungtal

lechtal

Again, Maltz didn't know how to translate these, but he said the arrangement formed triangles.

in formation chen tu'qom

For example: tlhaj negh; chen tu'qom "The soldiers march; a configuration/pattern forms" (more naturally: "The soldiers march in formation").

It's possible to be more specific, using, for example, ra'Duch "triangle" or wej war(mey) "three columns" instead of the more general tu'qom.