Klingonese

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Klingonese, or tlhIngan Hol, was the language of the Klingon race.

Words

A list of common Klingon words, with Human English equivalents. Translations taken from Bing Translator.

Klingonese	English	English (literal)
baH	fire	fire
baktag	crud	(likely shit)
bangwI'	my beloved	my love
bat'leth	sword of honor	bat'leth*
d'k tahg	warrior's knife	d'k tahg*
Du'cha	on speakers	on speakers
ghIqtal	to the death	to the death
Gre'thor	place of the dishonored dead	Gre'thor*
kellicam	measurement of distance (1 ke = 2 km)	kellicam*
kuvah'magh	Klingon savior	kuvah'magh*
maj ram	good night	good night
Mauk-to'Vor	a death/honor restoration ritual	Mauk-to'Vor
nuqneH	hello	hello
parmaq	an agressive form of love	love
paramaqqay	romantic partner	companion
petaQ	epithet	(an insult)
qa'meH quv	replacers of honor with dishonor	replacement honorable
Qapla'	success	success
qarDaSngan	Cardassian	Cardassian
QIn	sow (as in seed)	sow
quvHa' puqloD	dishonored son	the son of dishonor
romuluSngan	Romulan	Romulan
Sto-vo-kor	place of the honored dead	Sto-vo-kor*
taHqeq	epithet	(an insult)
tajtiq	a long knife	knife
tera'ngan	Human	Terran
tlhIngan	Klingon	Klingon
to'ba	epithet	(an insult)
verengan	Ferengi	Ferengi
vulqangan	Vulcan	Vulcan
yan	sword	sword

* English equivalents marked with an asterisk have the same literal definition as their Klingonese counterparts.

Phrases from various Star Trek productions. Translations taken from Bing Translator.

Klingonese	English
'ay'vamDaq nuHmey tIQeq	Target weapons on this section
bortaS bIr jablu'DI' reH QaQqu' nay'	Revenge is a dish which is best served cold
Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam	It is a good day to die
jIlajneS. ghIj qet jaghmeyjaj	I accept. May you enemies run with fear
matlh! jol yIchu'!	Maltz! Activate beam!
Mok'Ta vor, kash a'VEH	You are an enemy of my House
naDev ghoS	Come here
nuqneH, qaleghneS	What do you want? I am honored to see you
quv lughaj Archer HoD beqDaj je	Captain Archer and his crew are honorable people
SoHvaD pagh vIjatlh, Human!	I have nothing to say to you, Human!
taH pagh taHbe'	To be or not to be
wIy cha'	Show tactical display

Drinking song:

Klingonese	English
'ej 'Iw ngIb tISchoHlaHbe'bogh	And the blood was ankle deep
'ej tISchoHlaHbe'bogh Doq qet bIQtIq skral	And the River Skral ran deep red
Hoch jaj wovbe' jaj	On the day above all days
ghorgh Heghpu' HoS'ar mIgh vIHoHqang qeylIS	When Kahless killed evil Molor dead

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Klingonese	English
Qoy! puqloD qeylIS.	Hear! Sons of Kahless.
Qoy! puqbe' je.	Hear! Daughters too.
may' 'Iw DaSay'moHtaHvIS choSay'moHlaH	The blood of battle washes clean
SuvwI' yoH 'ej, teH.	The Warrior brave and true.
maSuv, bang maH, 'ej vaj HoH maH.	We fight, we love, and then we kill.
yIn meQ ngaj 'ej wov.	Our lives burn short and bright,
vaj batlh Hegh 'ej vavma' yo' qIj maH nuqDaq	Then we die with honor and join our fathers in the Black Fleet where
may' maH reH, may' vegh Eternal ghob.	we battle forever, battling on through the Eternal fight.