Klingon — top 136 words
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| # | Klingon | English |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | jIH | I, me |
| 2 | SoH | you (singular) |
| 3 | ghaH | he/she (a being capable of language) |
| 4 | 'oH | it (not capable of language) |
| 5 | maH | we, us |
| 6 | tlhIH | you (plural) |
| 7 | chaH | they/them (language-capable beings) |
| 8 | bIH | they/them (things not capable of language) |
| 9 | tlhIngan | Klingon (person) |
| 10 | Hol | language |
| 11 | loD | man |
| 12 | be' | woman |
| 13 | puq | child |
| 14 | yaS | officer |
| 15 | Duj | ship; instinct |
| 16 | taj | knife |
| 17 | betleH | bat'leth (Klingon sword) |
| 18 | wo' | empire |
| 19 | Qo'noS | Kronos (the Klingon homeworld) |
| 20 | qagh | serpent worm; error |
| 21 | Soj | food |
| 22 | HIq | alcohol, liquor |
| 23 | 'Iw | blood |
| 24 | batlh | honour |
| 25 | tIq | heart |
| 26 | vav | father |
| 27 | SoS | mother |
| 28 | bang | love; beloved |
| 29 | jup | friend |
| 30 | pa' | room |
| 31 | jagh | enemy |
| 32 | pong | name |
| 33 | yaH | duty station |
| 34 | legh | see |
| 35 | jatlh | speak, say |
| 36 | Qong | sleep |
| 37 | yIt | walk |
| 38 | Sop | eat |
| 39 | tlhutlh | drink |
| 40 | HoH | kill |
| 41 | Hegh | die |
| 42 | qIp | hit, strike |
| 43 | maq | proclaim, announce |
| 44 | tu' | discover, find |
| 45 | Qub | think |
| 46 | Dab | reside at, inhabit |
| 47 | boQ | aid, assist |
| 48 | neH | want |
| 49 | paw | arrive |
| 50 | mev | stop, cease |
| 51 | laD | read |
| 52 | muS | hate |
| 53 | baH | fire (a torpedo) |
| 54 | QaQ | be good |
| 55 | yaj | understand |
| 56 | nuq | what? |
| 57 | 'Iv | who? |
| 58 | ghorgh | when? |
| 59 | qatlh | why? |
| 60 | chay' | how? |
| 61 | nuqDaq | where? |
| 62 | nuqneH | what do you want? (standard greeting) |
| 63 | pagh | zero |
| 64 | wa' | one |
| 65 | cha' | two |
| 66 | wej | three |
| 67 | loS | four |
| 68 | vagh | five |
| 69 | jav | six |
| 70 | Soch | seven |
| 71 | chorgh | eight |
| 72 | Hut | nine |
| 73 | -maH | x10 (tens): wa'maH = 10 |
| 74 | -vatlh | x100 (hundreds): wa'vatlh = 100 |
| 75 | -SaD | x1,000 (thousands): wa'SaD = 1,000 |
| 76 | -netlh | x10,000: wa'netlh = 10,000 |
| 77 | -bIp | x100,000: wa'bIp = 100,000 |
| 78 | -'uy' | x1,000,000: wa''uy' = 1,000,000 |
| 79 | -DIch | ordinal suffix: wa'DIch = first |
| 80 | -logh | 'times' suffix: wa'logh = once |
| 81 | -'a' | augmentative - big, important, great |
| 82 | -Hom | diminutive - small, minor |
| 83 | -oy | endearment - used affectionately |
| 84 | -pu' | plural (language-using beings); also verb perfective aspect |
| 85 | -Du' | plural (body parts) |
| 86 | -mey | plural (general / scattered) |
| 87 | -qoq | so-called (dismissive) |
| 88 | -Hey | apparent, seeming |
| 89 | -na' | definite, real (emphatic) |
| 90 | -wIj | my (inanimate) |
| 91 | -wI' | my (animate); also verb nominaliser 'one who...' |
| 92 | -lIj | your (inanimate) |
| 93 | -lI' | your (animate); also verb continuous aspect (to an endpoint) |
| 94 | -Daj | his/her/its (inanimate) |
| 95 | -chaj | their (inanimate) |
| 96 | -maj | our (inanimate) |
| 97 | -Daq | locative - at, in, on, to |
| 98 | -vo' | from (source of movement) |
| 99 | -vaD | for, to (benefactive) |
| 100 | -'e' | topic/emphasis marker (required in 'to be' sentences) |
| 101 | -'egh | oneself (reflexive) |
| 102 | -chuq | one another (reciprocal) |
| 103 | -nIS | need to |
| 104 | -qang | willing to |
| 105 | -rup | ready to |
| 106 | -vIp | afraid to |
| 107 | -choH | begin to (inchoative) |
| 108 | -qa' | resume, do again |
| 109 | -moH | cause, make (causative) |
| 110 | -lu' | indefinite subject (passive-like 'one') |
| 111 | -laH | can, be able to |
| 112 | -chu' | clearly, perfectly |
| 113 | -bej | certainly, undoubtedly |
| 114 | -law' | seemingly, apparently |
| 115 | -ta' | perfective - intentional completion |
| 116 | -taH | continuous - ongoing action |
| 117 | -neS | honorific - addressing a superior |
| 118 | -DI' | when, as soon as |
| 119 | -chugh | if (conditional) |
| 120 | -pa' | before (temporal clause) |
| 121 | -vIS | while (with -taH) |
| 122 | -mo' | because of, due to |
| 123 | -bogh | which, that (relative clause) |
| 124 | -ghach | nominaliser - verb to abstract noun |
| 125 | -be' | not (negation) |
| 126 | Qapla' | Success! (farewell and toast) |
| 127 | batlh bIHeghjaj | May you die with honour |
| 128 | HIja' | Yes |
| 129 | ghobe' | No |
| 130 | tlhIngan jIH | I am a Klingon |
| 131 | jIyajbe' | I don't understand |
| 132 | yIjatlh | Speak! (command) |
| 133 | qamuSHa' | I love you (lit. 'I un-hate you') |
| 134 | tlhIngan Hol vIjatlh | I speak Klingon |
| 135 | Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam | Today is a good day to die |
| 136 | jagh yIHoH | Kill the enemy! (command) |