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Antonyms



here is the lates list of Antonym pairs  I have collected from  the TKD and
other sorses.

Please review and make suggests. 
I fully realize that some might not be considered ideal antonym pairs so if
something is REALLY dubious then let me know.

This is something I intend to contribute to the AKD that charghwI' is
working on.
David Barron

Antonyms in Klingon
 
 
NOTE.  These verb antonyms are limited to those that are not created with the -be' and -
Ha'  verb suffixes.
 
Many of these words act as antonyms only within certain contexts. The 
antonym, for example, lutlh (be primative) , tay (be civilized) 
may apply when discribing people and cultures but not for plants. In 
that case you would use 'Itlh (be advanced).
Also not all of these are perfect antonyms but offer close alternatives
that can offer a good option for a creative student.  
Expample: qur - be greedy    nobqu' - give fiercly (construct)
 
bagh - tie                                      tlhabmoH - free
bech -   suffer                                 tIv -   enjoy 
bIj - punish                                    naD - commend, praise
bIr   -    be cold                              tuj  - be hot
bIgh  -   be born                               Hegh -  to die
boH  - be impatient                             tuv   -  be patient
boQ  -  assist   
(QaH - help)                                    nIS   - hinder , 
                                                bot  - prevent, block, prohibit 
 
bot  -  prevent, block, prohibit        boQ - assist,  
                                        QaH - help
bup - quit                              tagh  -  begin a process, initiate
chaw - permit, allow                    raD - force, compel
chaw' - allow, permit                   tuch - forbid
cha'  - show, display                   So'moH  - hide,  cloak
chel - add                              nge'  -  take away
chev - seperate                         ghom - meet,  pawmoH - bring together
                                        rar - connect
chIj - lose, misplace                   tu' - find, discover
chID - admit                            tem -  deny
chIl - lose, misplace                   pol- save
                                        Suq - get, obtain, aquire
chIm - empty, uninhabited               toq - be inhabited
chIS - be white                         qIj - be black        
                                        Hurgh - be dark
chegh - depart                          ratlh - remain
chenmoH - build                         Qaw' - destroy
                                        Sang - obliterate
                                        pej - demolish
chong - be vertical                     SaS - horizontal
choq - preseve                          ragh - decay
chun - be innocent                      DIv - guilty
chu' - be new                           ngo' - old (not new)
                                        tIQ - be ancient
                                        notlh - be obsolete
chuS - be noisey                        tam - be quiet
Dach - be absent                        SaH - be present
Daj - be interseting                    Dal - be boring
Dal - be boring                         Daj - be interesting
                                        Doj - be impressive
Dev - lead , guide                      tlha' - follow, chase
DIv - be quilty                         chun - be innocent
DoH - back away from,                   ghoS - approach
      back off, get away form
Doj - be impressive                     Dal - be boring
Doy' - be tired                         ghuH - alert
ghegh - be rough                        Hab - be smooth
ghIH - be messy , sloppy                Say' - be clean
ghIr - desend                           Sal - ascend
ghoj - learn                            lIj - forget
ghoS - approach                         DoH - back away from, back off
                                              get away from
Hab - be smooth                         ghegh - be rough
Har - dislike                           tIv - enjoy
Heb - retreat                           HIv - attack
Hem - be proud                          tuH -  be ashamed
Hev - recieve                           nob - give
HIj - deliver, transport goods          nIH - steal
                                        tlhap - take
HIv - attack                            HeD - retreat        
                                        Qan - protect
                                        'av - guard
HoS - be strong                         puj - be weak
HoSghaj -be powerful                    puj - be weak
Hub -defend                             HIv - Attact
                                        Hup - defend
Hurgh - be dark                         wov - be light, bright
                                        wew - glow
jaH - go                                ghoS - come
jang - answer, reply                    tlhob - ask
                                        rI' - hail
jech - disguise                         'ang - reviel
jeH - be absentminded                   val - be cleaver, smart, intelegent
je' - buy, purchase                     ngev - sell
jIv - be ignorant                       val - be clever, smart, intelegent
                                        Sov - to know
                                        yaj - understand
jot - be calm                           Sot - be in distress, disstressed
                                        Qay'- blow ones top
                                        lIm - panic
                                        Sey - be excited
lagh - dissasemble,take apart           tI' - repair
                                        pIvmoH - heal
lam - be dirty                          Say' - be clean
lan - place                             nge' - take away
lang - be thin                          pI' - be fat
                                        ror - be fat
law' -be  many                          puS - be few
lay' - promise                          bIv - break rules
leS - rest, relax                       qeq - exercise, practice, drill
let - be hard like a rock               tun - soft
lIj -forget                             qaw'- remember
lIm - panic                             jot - be calm
lI' - be useful                         notlh - be obsolete
lon - abandon                           toD - rescue
                                        tlhej - accompiany
lotlh - rebel                           lob - obey
loy - guess                             Sov - to know
lugh - correct                          Qagh - err, be mistaken,
                                               make a mistake
                                        yem - sin
                                        yoy - be upside down
lutlh - be primative                    tay - be civilized
                                        'Itlh - be advanced
mach - be small                         tIn - be big
machchoH - become small(construct)      Sach - expand
matlh - be honest                       nep - lie
may - be fair                           HIgh - fight dirty
meQ - burn                              taDmoH - freeze
mev - stop, cease                       tagh - begin a process, inniciate
                                        tlhetlh - progress
                                        taH - continue
mIgh - be evil                          QaQ - be good
motlh - be usual                        Huj - strange
                                        pIm - be different
                                        pIH - be suspicious
mub -be legal                           Hat - be illegal
muj - be wrong                          lugh - be correct
mul - be stubborn                       lob - to obey
                                        loblaH - obediant
muv - join                              chev - seperate
                                        paj - resign
naD - commend                           qun - scold                                        
                                        web - be disgraced 
                                        bIj - punish
                                        tIch - insult
nep - lie                               'Il - be sincere
                                        matlh - be honest 
nIb - be identical                      pIm - be different
nIH - steal                             nob - give
                                        HIj - deliver, transport goods
nIS - hinder,  interfer                 QaH - aid
                                        boQ - assist
nIv - be superior                       QIv - be inferior
notlh - be obsolete                     lI' - be useful
                                        chu' - be new
nub - be suspect                        voq - trust
nung - precede                          tlha' - chase, follow
nup - decrease                          ghur - increase
ngab - disappear, vanish                nargh - appear
ngeD - be easy                          Qatlh - be difficult
nge' - take away                        qem - bring        
ngoj - be restless                      tam - be quiet
                                        jot - be calm
ngo' - be old (not new)                 chu' - be new                  
paj - resign                            muv - join
paw - arrive                            tlheD - depart
paw' - collide                          tlheDqu' - "scram" (construct) 
pej - demolish                          chenmoH - build
pIH - suspicious                        motlh - be usual
pIv - be healthy                        rop - be sick, ill
                                        Qop - be worn out
                                        rIgh - be lame
                                        rIQ - be injured 
pIvmoH - heal                           QID - wound
                                        QIH - damage
                                        'aw' - sting
                                        Surgh - skin
                                        lagh - disassemble, take apart
pI' - be fat                            lang - be thin
pol - save                              chIl - lose, misplace
poQ -demand                             qoy' - plead, beg
poS - be open, opened                   SoQ - close, be closed
poSmoH - open                           SoQmoH - close
potlh - be important                    ram - be trival, unimportant
pov - be excellent                      qab - be bad
puj - be weak                           HoS - be strong
                                        HoSghaj - powerful
puy - wreck                             tI'- repair
qan - be old, not young                 Qup - be young
qaw - remember                          lIj - forget
qeD - vacate                            yot - invade
qeH - resent                            tlho' - thank
qem - bring                             tlhap - take
                                        nge' - take away
qetlh - be dull, uninteresting          le' - be special, exceptional
qIch - condemn                          naD - commend, approve, praise A
qIj - be black                          chIS - be white
qIl - cancel                            tagh - begin, initiate
qop - arrest                            tlhabmoH - free (construct)
qoy' - plead, beg                       poQ - demand
quch  - kidnap                          tlhabmoH - free
qun - scold                             naD - praise, commend, approve
qur - be greedy                         nobqu' - give fiercly (construct)
QaD - be dry                            yIQ - be wet
QaDmoH - to dry                         SoD - flood
Qagh - err, be mistaken,                lugh - correct
       make a mistake
Qan - protect                           HIv - attack
QaQ - be good                           qab - be bad
                                        mIgh - be evil
Qatlh - be difficult                    ngeD - be easy
Qav - be  final                         wa'DIch - first (num)
Qay' - blow one's stop                  jot - be calm
                                        tam - be quiet
QeH - be angry, mad                     jot - be calm
                                        roj - make peace
Qey - be tight                          tlhab - be free, independant
QeymoH - tighten                        tlhabmoH - free (construct)
QID - wound                             pIvmoH - heal (construct)
QIH - damage                            tI' - repair
                                        pIvmoH - heal
QIp - be stupid                         val - be clever
                                        'ong - be cunning, sly
QIv - be inferior                       nIv - be superior
Qoj - make war                          roj - make peace
Qong - sleep                            vem - awake up, cease sleeping
Qop - be worn out                       pIv -be healthy
Qotlh - disable                         tI' - repair 
Quch - be happy                         Sot - be in distress
                                        'IQ - be sad
                                        'It - be depressed
Qup - be young                          qan - be old, not young
raD - force , compel                    chaw - allow, permit
ral - be violent                        roj - make peace
ram - trifeling                         Sar - be various, varied
                                        potlh - be important
rap - be the same                       pIm - be different
rar - connect                           chev - seperate
ratlh - remain                          chegh -depart
reH - play                              vum - work
rIgh - be lame                          pIv - be healthy
rIn - be accomplished, finnished        tagh - begin a process, initiate
rIQ - be injured                        pIv - be healthy
rI' - hail                              jang - answer, respond
roj - make peace                        Qoj - make war
                                        Seng - cause trouble
rop - be sick, ill                      pIv - be healthy
ropmoH - sicken                         vor - cure
roQ - put down                          wov - pick up
                                        tlhap - take
ror - be fat                            lang - thin
rotlh - be tough                        tun - soft
ru' - temporary                         SIQ - endure
Sach  - expand                          machchoH - become small
Sagh - serious                          ram - trifling, be trifling, trivial,
                                              unimportant
SaH - be present                        Dach - be absent
Sal - ascend                            ghIr - decend
                                        Saq - land
Sang - obliterate                       chenmoH - to build
Saq - land                              chegh - depart, leave
                                        Sal - ascend
SaQ - cry                               Hagh - laugh
Sar - be various                        Dal - boring
                                        ram - triffling, trival
SaS - be horizontal                     chong - vertical, be vertical
                                        Qam - stand
Say' - be clean                         lam - be dirty
Seng - cause trouble                    roj - make peace    
Sev - contain an enemy                  tlhabmoH - free
Sey - be excited                        jot -  calm, be calm
SIch - reach                            HeD - retreat
SIj - slit                              SoQmoH - shut, close
SIv - wonder                            Sov - know
SoD - flood                             QaDmoH - to dry
Sorgh - sabotage                        tI' -repair
                                        lughmoH - correct 
Sot - be disressed                      jot - be calm
Sov - to know                           SIv - wonder
                                        loy - guess
So' - hide, cloak                       'ang - reveal                                         
                                        tu' - find, discover, observe
Sub - be solid                          tun - be soft
Suj - disturb                           jotmoH - to calm
Suq - get, acquire, obtain              nob - give
                                        chIl - lose, misplace
Surgh - skin                            pIvmoH - heal
Suv - fight                             poj - make peace
taDmoH - freeze                         tet - melt
taH - continue, go on, endure           jang - answer, respond
tam - be quiet                          chuS - be noisey
teb - fill                              chImmoH - empty
tem - deny                              chID - admit
teq - remove, take off                  lan - place
tet - melt                              taDmoH - freeze
tIch - be big                           naD - praise, approve, commend
tIn - be big                            mach -be small
tIQ - be ancient                        chu' - be new    
tIS - be light in weight                'ugh  - be heavy
tIv - enjoy                             Har - dislike
tI' - repair                            QIH - damage
                                        lagh - disassemble, take apart
toD - rescue                            lon - abandon
toq - be inhabited                      chIm - empty, uninhabited
tuch - forbid                           chaw' - allow, permit
tuH - be ashamed                        Hem - be proud
tuj - be hot                            bIr - be cold
tun - be soft                           Sub - be solid
tuv - be patient                        boH - be impatient
tu' - find, discover, observe           So' - hide, cloak
                                        chIj - lose, misplace
tlhabmoH - free                         waQ - obstruct 
                                        wegh - confine
                                        bagh - tie
tlhap - take                            HIj - deliver, transport goods
                                        nob - give
tlhaQ - be funny                        'IQ - be sad
tlha'moH - make follow                  yuv - push
tlheD - depart                          chegh - return
                                        paw - arrive
                                        vergh - dock                    
                                        'el - enter, go in
tlhej - accopamany                      lon - abandon
tlhetlh - progress                      mev - stop, cease
tlhIv - be insubordiante                lob - obey
tlhob - ask                             jang - answer, respond
val - be cleaver                        QIp - be stupid
vaQ - be aggressive                     Hub - defend
vem - wake up, cease sleeping           Qong - sleep
vergh - dock                            tlheD - depart
vor - cure                              ropmoH - sicken
vul - be unconscious                    qIm - pay attention
vum - work, toil                        reH - play
waQ - obstruct                          tlhabmoH - free
web - be disgraced                      naD - commend, praise
wegh - confine                          tlhabmoH - free
wew - glow                              Hurgh - be dark
yaj - understand                        jIv - be ignorant
yem - sin                               lugh - be correct
yIv - live                              Hegh - die
yIQ - be wet                            QaD - be dry
yong - get in                            juH - go
                                        tlheD - depart
yot - invade                            HeD - retreat
yoy - be upside down                    lugh - be correct
yuD - be dishonoest                     'Il - be sincere
yuv - push                              tlha'moH - make follow 
yu' - question, interigate              jang - answer, reply
'ang - show, reveal                     So' - hide 
'av - guard                             HIv - attack
'aw' - sting                            pIvmoH - heal
'el - enter, go in                      tlheD - depart
'Il - be sincere                        yuD - be dishonest
                                        nep - lie
'IQ - be sad                            Quch - be happy
'It - be depressed                      Quch - be happy
'Itlh - be advanced, highly developed   lutlh - be primative
'ol - verify                            tem - deny
'oy' - hurt, be sore                    pIv - be healthy 
'ugh - be heavy                         tIS - be light weight
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