Culture |
Aler acht`jar |
Title of a Klingon song performed by Deep Space Nine's Klingon Chef to the strum of a Klingon Guitar for Doctor Bashir, Ensign Melora, Pazlar and other patrons (no
translation is available): "Aler acht'jar, Aler acht'jar, T'lembda boool-gah toh-gal ... " " Aler acht'jar, Aler acht'jar, T'lembda boool-gah to lohhhh
.... " Reference: Melora |
Culture |
Anthem, Klingon |
Carraya IV Klingon leader L'Kor, and later Ba'El, sings this traditional anthem at dusk around the camp campfire initially as a lullaby, although it is really a warrior's song. A partial
translation is provided:
"van'aj javDIch Qong DIr Sa'VIch / ghIH yot quelI'Pa qevas HoH Qa...
teblaw'nghu mughato'Du ylja'Qo' ... yija'Qo ... yija'Qo.
"Bagh Da tuHmoh (fire streaks the heavens).
ChojaJ Duh rHo (battle has begun). ylja'Qo' ... yija'Qo ... yija'Qo"
Reference: Birthright, Part I |
Culture |
Arbiter of Succession |
This position is established by Klingon law. This individual is responsible for administering the Rite of Succession which involves the selection of a new Klingon High Council Leader. The Arbiter
was responsible for selecting the challengers for leadership of the Council.
Reference: Redemption, Part I |
Culture |
Arbiter`s Report, Klingonese |
Captain Picard impresses K'Tal with his report in Klingonese on his formal finding of Gowron as the High Council's new leader:
"Qaja plu d'itch jung. La woQ yon ghir klas gimha. Gowron. Doj hon. Doj hon."
A direct translation is not avaliable, although "woQ" means "authority/political power," "yon"
is "be satisfied," "ghIr" means "descend," and "Doj" is "be impressive."
Reference: Redemption, Part I |
Culture |
Ascension Chant |
When presented with a holodeck-formed Ascension Chamber to mark the 10th anniversary of his own part in the rite, Lieutenant Worf recited the following while enduring the blows of the
painstiks:
"DaHjaj SuvwI' 'e' jiH. tIqwIj Sa'angnIS. 'Iw biQtIqDaq jIjaH." (Today I am a warrior. I must show you my heart. I travel the river of blood.)
"jIbechrup may' vIlos." (I / suffer / ready / battle them / wait)
"HIHIvqa'." (You / attack / again)
"may'pequ' moH." (Battle / you be ugly).
Reference: The Icarus Factor |
Culture |
Assassination |
The assassin is considered to be an honorable profession. However, to carry out an honorable assassination, the assassin must show his or her face to the victim and they usually use a primitive
simple weapon. The honorable assassin kills at close quarters
Reference: The Icarus Factor |
Culture |
BaH |
Klingon word meaning "Fire!"
Reference: Redemption, Part I |
Culture |
Bahgol |
A Klingon beverage (pronounced "BACK-goal"). Long-time Trill friend Curzon Dax and the Klingon Kang first
shared this drink at the Korvat colony, prior to the Klingon-United Federation of Planets detente -- presumably before the Khitomer Accords began in AD 2293. Much later, Deep Space Nine's Science Officer, Jadzia Dax, offered it to her three Klingon
comrades (Kang, Koloth and Kor) before their "blood oath" mission. It is served warm in small saki-like glasses by custom. One loose
translation may be "opponent's fire."
Reference: Blood Oath |
Culture |
B`aht Qul |
A Klingon-ritualistic-style tradition of arm wrestling. Both Warriors place their Dak tagh's in specialized braces on the table with the point faceing the back of the hand. The loser's hand is
normally impaled, on the blade.
Reference: The Chase, Reunion II |
Culture |
Baktag |
A Klingon word used as an insult, as in a "piece of baktag." Commander Kurn calls his rival Larg this; its exact translation in
unspecified.
Reference: Redemption, Part II |
Culture |
Bat`leth Trophy |
A symbol of excellence given for performance in a bat'leth competition. The first place trophy traditionally has three blades resembling a three-dimensional representation of the Klingon Empire
symbol.
Reference: Parallels Parallels |
Culture |
BiHnuch |
Klingon word meaning "coward." It was K'mpec's reply to Lieutenant Worf's
formal admission of cowardice as part of the discommendation ritual.
Lieutenant Worf endured the insult to avoid execution as a traitor's son.
Reference: Sins of the Father |
Culture |
Birthday Song, |
The traditional ditty in Klingonese is:
"Cha [name] Toh'gan-nah lo Pre-tOk (repeated thrice), Tu Mak Dagh Cha doh Borak."
Reference: Parallels |
Culture |
Black Fleet |
Reference to a Klingon afterlife by author John M. Ford in his novel The Final Reflection. When a Klingon dies an honourable death, they are believed to go on to serve in the Black Fleet,
where they fight a continous battle against their most worthy foes. |
Culture |
Blood Oath |
A blood oath is a promise that can never be broken -- although it can be revoked by any of those involved.
Kang, Koloth, Kor and Curzon Dax swore a blood oath of revenge against the Klingon albino, the murderer of each of the Klingons' firstborn -- all sons. It took nearly 80 years to track down the location of the albino. When Kang reassembled the old
team he was initially disgusted at Dax's new female host, Jadzia. Kang offered to release Dax from the pledge. She refused, insisting on her firm commitment to her blood oath.
Reference: Blood Oath |
Culture |
Bloodwine |
Dark red Klingon beverage which Lieutenant Worf programmed into
replicators on board the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D. Also available at
Quark's bar on Deep Space Nine. The drunken Klingon, Kozak, had 12
bottles before he passed out.
Reference: The House of Quark |
Culture |
Brak`lul |
Klingonese term for the concept of complete redundancy in the race's
anatomical organs and systems. See Klingon Physiology.
Reference: Ethics |
Culture |
Brek`tal |
If the leader of a Klingon house is slain in honorable combat, the victor may be invited to take his place and his wife. The ritual ceremony can be completed with just a single witness who
requires no special status -- even a servant will do. Wearing ceremonial robes, each member of the couple recites "Go'Eveh lu cha wabeh to va re'Luk," followed by the witness
proclaiming "Ghos ma'lu Kah".
Kozak's widow, Grilka, used this loophole to maintain her late husband's house and property by making Quark marry her, but D'Ghor later forced Rom to admit Kozak died accidentally, and thus negated that option.
Reference: The House Of Quark |
Culture |
Bregit Lung |
A Klingon dish Commander Riker enjoyed during his meal aboard the Pagh.
Reference: A Matter of Honor |
Culture |
cha` |
Klingon word meaning "two."
Reference: The Chase |
Culture |
cha'Dich |
The cha'Dich is an individual appointed by a warrior to stand with him during a ceremonial challenge or trial. The cha'Dich must defend the one challenged because he or she is denied the right of
combat while accused. The cha'Dich is given a ritual knife and stands along side his warrior during the challenge. |
Culture |
Chech`tluth |
A strong Klingon liquor that Bringloidi leader O'Dell agreed had more of a bite than the replicated whiskey.
Reference: Up The Long Ladder |
Culture |
Cho`Echu |
Klingon word meaning "energize," as in a transport beam, or "Bring me up."
More phonetically accurate if written as "jol yIchu'."
Reference: The House of Quark |
Culture |
Cloak, Klingon |
A symbol of leadership of the Klingon High Council, K'mpec's cloak was draped over the empty center council seat and given to Gowron by arbiter Captain Picard at his installation. Soon after, when
meeting a short-lived challenge to his leadership in the High Council's meeting room, Gowron removed it before the one-on-one fight to the death.
Reference: Redemption, Part I |
Culture |
Companel, Klingon |
At least on Captain K'Vada's Bird-Of-Prey, Klingon companels alert the receiver to an incoming message with a short, shrill, high-pitched buzzer.
Reference: Unification, Part I |
Culture |
Code, of a Warrior |
Part of the warrior tradition is the phrase "Drink not with thine enemy." They showed no qualms about drinking with foes of their own
kind, however.
The entity Q mentioned that the rigid code was part of the reason the Klingons were finally "defeated."
Reference: Hide and Q |
Culture |
D`akturak |
Klingonese (pronounced "dock-ter-ROCK") which translates roughly to "ice man" -- Curzon Dax's nickname for tough but admirable Klingon negotiator Koloth.
Reference: Blood Oath |
Culture |
Dishonorable Killings |
Klingon belief holds that an individual should show his face to an enemy when he or she kills them. To kill an individual from behind, with poison or with one's face concealed is considered
dishonorable. The individual shows his or her face so that the dying warrior will know who to curse. |
Culture |
D`kar tel G`denna! |
An obviously clipped Klingon word belonging to a phrase loosely translated as "I want to see the blood running through the veins," as
in Ensign Melora Pazlar's complaint to Deep Space Nine's Klingon chef regarding the half-dead Racht he served.
Reference: Melora |
Culture |
D`tel klop a bul! |
Klingonese term loosely translated as "This slop you call food is the problem!" It was heard when Ensign Melora Pazlar complained to
Deep Space Nine's Klingon chef over his half-alive Racht.
Reference: Melora |
Culture |
Dah |
Klingon word meaning "begin now!"
Reference: The House of Quark |
Culture |
Darseks |
In Klingon culture and theology, the place where the dishonored go to die, where Fek'lyr stands guard.
Reference: Devil's Due |
Culture |
Drak doo |
Klingonese (pronounced "drahk-doo") for an unspecified monetary amount -- the cost of Doctor Bashir and
Pazlar's order of Racht, double order of Gladst and a side of Zilm'Kach at the Klingon Restaurant on Deep Space Nine. Doctor Bashir paid with a single coin.
Reference: Melora |
Culture |
"Dream of the Fire, The" |
A famous novel by the Klingon author K'Ratak that Lieutenant Worf gave Lieutenant Commander Data as a going-away present when it appeared that the android would resign from Starfleet. Worf
asserted that the novel form grew to its highest potential with the Klingons, a notion which Doctor Pulaski wanted to debate sometime.
Reference: The Measure of a Man |
Culture |
Dug a bul, rah-tar! |
Klingonese loosely translated as "What's your problem, lady?" Deep Space Nine's Klingon chef said this to rebuke Ensign Melora
Pazlar's complaints over his half-live dish of Racht.
Reference: Melora |
Culture |
E`Gok |
Klingon word meaning "begin," most often used as a command.
Reference: Rightful Heir |
Culture |
`El |
Klingon word meaning "enter."
Reference: Sins of the Father |
Culture |
Entry Codes, Klingon |
Captain K'Vada did not want to give up classified Klingon computer access codes to Lieutenant Commander Data so he could try to break into the Romulan network, but the android pointed out the
potential benefits to both of them and noted the codes could even be changed later.
Reference: Unification, Part I |
Culture |
Finances, Klingon |
Although Klingons say that money matters are beneath a warrior's nobler pursuits -- the Klingon Grilka called them "filthy ledgers" --
Deep Space Nine's bar operator Quark is easily able to resurrect records regarding land values, gross adjusted assets, devaluation of capital income, finances, mergers and currency transactions. In so doing, he brought down the House of D'Ghor's
claim when he revealed it was based on material goods rather than combat, honor, and an effort to protect property as had been originally claimed.
Reference: The House of Quark |
Culture |
G`Armond T`ris |
The Klingonese response by Captain K'Nera to Lieutenant Worf's greeting when the Klingon cruiser met the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D to pick up three captured Klingon renegades.
Reference: Heart of Glory |
Culture |
G`now juk Hol pajhard |
A Klingon word that roughly translates to "A son will share in the honors or crimes of his father."
Reference: Redemption, Part I |
Culture |
Gagh |
Klingon serpent worms (pronounced "gawk") and one of the dishes Commander Riker enjoyed during his
pre-transfer feast to the Klingon cruiser Pagh as part of an officer exchange program. During his "last meal," Riker offered some gagh to Doctor Pulaski and she quickly declined. Later,
during Riker's duty onboard the Pagh, Second Officer Karg informed Riker that the worms are best eaten live. Commander Riker made a point about changing attitudes when he bravely tried them out at dinner that night. Jake Sisko's girlfriend Leanne
once ordered gagh -- a mistake she didn't want to repeat.
Reference: Life Support |
Culture |
Gagh Tek or |
Klingonese (pronounced "gag tehk ohr") loosely translated as "What will you
have?" -- as in a restaurant waiter's question.
Reference: Melora |
Culture |
GhoS |
Klingon word meaning "approach," "go away from," "proceed," "come," "follow" and even "make it so!"
Reference: Redemption, Part I |
Culture |
Ghos cha Ko! |
IKlingon command meaning "bring him!"
Reference: The House of Quark |
Culture |
Gik`tal |
A Klingon word meaning of or related to death; Lieutenant Worf named a bogus blindfolded challenge after the word to teach young Bajoran Ensign Sito a lesson in self-assertion.
Reference: Lower Decks |
Culture |
Gladst |
IA Klingon food (pronounced "glahdst") served with or without sauce. Among those that serve this dish is the
Klingon restaurant on Deep Space Nine; it is unspecified whether it is a dish name or a plant or animal. Doctor Bashir is familiar with it and gets a double order without sauce for himself and Ensign Melora Pazlar.
Reference: Melora |
Culture |
Great Hall |
The Great Hall is the site of the seat of government on Qo'noS for the Klingon Imperial Empire, where the High Council meets. The beautifully spartan and fortress-like landmark dominates the
Imperial Empire's First City on the Klingon homeworld. An exterior face carries a huge Klingon crest.
Reference: The House of Quark |
Culture |
Guitar, Klingon |
Deep Space Nine's new Klingon chef is adept at the Klingon guitar.
Reference: Melora |
Culture |
Gurt`ank e`la |
Governor Vagh's Klingonese command just before he beamed down to Krios with Kell in custody.
Reference: The Mind's Eye |
Culture |
Gre`thor |
In Klingon culture and theology, the place where the dishonored go to die, where Fek'lyr stands guard.
Reference: Devil's Due |
Culture |
Ha`DI bah |
(Pronounced "KHA-di-bakh.") Klingon word meaning "animal"
and usable as an epithet. Duras cursed Gowron with it during their feud, soon after the Sonchi bombing. Also written as "ha'Dlbah."
Reference: Sins of the Father |
Culture |
Ha`DibaH |
Klingonese (pronounced "haw-dee-BAW") for "animal,"
often used as an epithet.
Reference: Blood Oath |
Culture |
Hakt`em |
A command given Gowron when recognized as the leader-to-be before the Council, directly after arbiter Picard's recommendation. No translation is given.
Reference: Redemption, Part I |
Culture |
HarOs |
A famous Klingon battle.
Reference: Parallels |
Culture |
Hechu` ghoS |
Klingon word meaning "Follow a new course" (pronounced "heh-KOO GOHSS"). Note: formal writing of this phrase indicates a space between "he" and "chu'" -- literally "course/new/follow".
Reference: Unification, Part II |
Culture |
High Sun |
In literal English translation, the Klingon phrase for noon.
Reference: Redemption, Part I |
Culture |
Hitoria |
Site of a Klingon colony.
Reference: Firstborn |
Culture |
Hol-chaj yI-jatlh! |
Klingon word meaning "Speak in their language!" It was Captain Kargan's reply to Lieutenant Klag's outburst of Klingonese toward
Commander Riker during his service aboard the Pagh.
Reference: A Matter of Honor |
Culture |
Honor |
One of the most important of all Klingon values, honor is regarded as highly as a warrior's ability in battle.
The Duras family lost all honor when it was revealed that they had collaborated with the Romulan Empire in order to gain standing on the Klingon high council.
Confronted with Alexander's petty theft and denial, Lieutenant Worf tried to teach him the ideal of Klingon honor -- that, to a Klingon, honor is more important than life itself, that personal dishonor also dishonors the family. The boy picked up
his first ideas about Klingon honor from his late half-human mother K'Ehleyr, quoting her as calling it "a lot of dumb ideas."
Reference: Redemption, Part I |
Culture |
Jaque |
The Klingon Duras' command to be given his sword, when challenged by Lieutenant Worf. A translation is not provided.
Reference: Reunion |
Culture |
Jat`yIn |
Klingonese word for ghosts or spirits; literally, "the taking of the living by the dead."
Reference: Power Play |
Culture |
Jatlh |
Klingon word meaning "Speak!" (pronounced "JAHT-leh"),
as in a communication command.
Reference: Unification, Part II |
Culture |
JIH dok |
Klingonese which literally translates to "my blood."
Reference: Reunion |
Culture |
JIH DoQ batlh |
Gowron's last statement heard during the ja'chuq. It literally translates to "I claim the honor."
Reference: Reunion |
Culture |
Jinaq |
A bracelet given to a daughter when she comes of age and is old enough to take a mate.
Reference: Birthright, Part II |
Culture |
K`adlo |
This Klingon word meaning "thank you" was Captain Picard's reply to Kell's praise of the High Council's respect for him.
Reference: The Mind's Eye |
Culture |
K'omgi bimogus |
A Klingon greeting or salutation used by Lieutenant Worf when addressing Captain K'Nera during the renegade Klingons incident.
Reference: Heart of Glory |
Culture |
K`pekt |
A cursing Klingon epithet (pronounced "kuh-PECKED") whose exact translation is unspecified, but which the
drunken Klingon Kor hurled at Deep Space Nine barkeep Quark when the unwitting Ferengi tried to end his holosuite battle program.
Reference: Blood Oath |
Culture |
Ka`la |
Klingon word meaning perhaps the equivalent of "bull's-eye" or "on target"
-- as when spear-throwing in Qa'vak, or bringing home a hunted beast.
Reference: Birthright, Part II |
Culture |
Kajunpak`t |
A Klingonese word untranslated, but in its context meaning raw courage or nerve, as in "No one ever had the kajunpak't to show his back to the great Kang until
Curzon did."
Reference: Blood Oath |
Culture |
Kellicams |
The Klingon unit of long linear measurement, approximately equal to two kilometers. The range of a Klingon transporter is nearly 20,000 kellicams.
Reference: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock |
Culture |
Klach D`kel Brakt, Battle of |
A legendary victory of the Klingons over the Romulans "almost a century ago" -- or in the years soon after AD 2270. The namesake of
the battle -- whether city, planet or star -- is not specified. Kor enjoyed his holo-program version of the event, though he couldn't win even after three hours of playing.
Reference: |
Culture |
Klingon battle songs |
Two lines of one, sung by the drunken Klingon Kor, are:
"B'aski't Kor, B'askr'ip Kor, Kohman-a-ti, B'aski't Kor."
A translation is not specified.
Reference: Blood Oath |
Culture |
Klingon Civil War |
The evil Klingon Duras sisters, Lursa and B'Etor, began the conflict with the loyalty of at least three fleet commanders, and were assisted by covert aid from the Romulan Star Empire. Later,
according to Worf's brother, Klingon Commander Kurn, there were at least seven supporters of the Duras sisters. Kurn himself was backed by four squadron commanders in strategic sectors, centered near the Mempa sector. Between them, they controlled
seven key sectors, and after Worf urged his brother to support Gowron in the war, all except one of their four sectors followed suit and supported Gowron's succession.
The three major engagements in the two weeks prior to stardate 45020.4 (and before stardate 44998.3) were all won by the Duras faction. Initially neutral in the war between the Gowron and the
Romulan-backed Duras factions, the Federation, under Captain Picard's persuasion, posted a non-hostile blockade of starships, thus making the Federation capable of exposing any Romulan assistance.
Despite the Duras' apparent stream of successful battles, the war eventually ended when a Romulan convoy was detected by the Federation blockade and stopped. Without Romulan aid, the Duras faction collapsed, leaving Gowron to assume the role of
Klingon High Council leader. Weak and defeated, the Duras' family took flight, leaving only would-be heir Toral in the custody of the Klingon High Council.
Despite the Federation's clear involvement in resolving the conflict, within weeks of his succession to power, Gowron had already begun rewriting Klingon history in order to give himself all the credit for the glorious victory. In addition, he
aimed to eliminate all mention of Federation aid in his succession to power, including Captain Picard's role as his Arbiter of Succession.
Reference: Redemption, Part I |
Culture |
Klingon Communicators |
The slim pewter Klingon sleeve units, which also allow transporter activation and lock-on, are worn just above the elbow opposite the user's handed side.
Reference: Crossover |
Culture |
Klingon Defense Force |
The formal name for the Klingon military branches in the wake of the Federation/Klingon alliance, led by the Klingon High Command. Although the terms "fleet" and "squadron" are used, it is unclear if those represent the same unit/level of command or one subservient to another. In the Klingon military structure, it
is the duty of secondary officers to assassinate those immediately ahead of them in the chain of command--beginning with the first officer looking to his captain -- if it becomes apparent that a ranking warrior has become weak or unable to perform.
This practice, while apparently violent, is far from chaotic since Klingons view such a transition as an "honorable retirement," allowing the deceased to go with honor into Sto-Vo-Kor,
the place of the dead. Hence, the tradition has operated successfully for centuries.
It took over a year for the Klingon Defense Force to return Commander Riker's exchange stint aboard the Pagh by sending a Klingon warrior to serve on board a Federation vessel. Kurn, Worf's younger brother, was finally selected to be the exchange
officer to serve on board the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D, under Captain Picard. While serving his tour, Kurn reflected his people's traditional strict formality of command over all his subordinates, and when Commander Riker attempted to offer
Kurn some friendly advice about his behavior in relation to these incidents, Kurn indicated that aboard a Klingon ship in the same situation, he would have killed Riker for his offer of help.
The Klingon Defense Force also offered to assist in the fight against the Borg, even going so far as to promise Klingon ships to assist, but the Starfleet armada at Wolf 359 didn't survive long enough for those ships to rendezvous.
The Duras family had the support of three fleet commanders, which was enough strength to control seven key sectors, while four squadron commanders backed Lieutenant Worf's brother, the Klingon Commander Kurn.
As of stardate 44997, the Klingon Defense Force possessed twenty squadrons. Prior to the civil war, seven squadrons backed the Duras family and three supported Kurn and Gowron's faction, leaving over half the Klingon fleet undecided.
Reference: A Matter of Honor |
Culture |
Klingon Empire |
Though called an "empire," the title had gone unused for 300 years until the cloned Kahless adapted it as a political tool while he
assumed a spirit-building role and retained the High Council. Circa 2369, there have been no Klingon raids on the Federation for seven years. The Empire had 12 outstanding arrest warrants on the Yridian, Yranac, for fraud and petty theft. And of
the Empire, Lieutenant Worf felt his people would follow suit with the Warp-5 speed limit through sensitive areas of subspace.
Reference: Aquiel |
Culture |
Klingon Home World |
The proper name of the green, class-M homeworld of the Klingon race is Qo'noS, pronounced "Kronos." It includes a lone, large land
mass with a vast ocean. In addition, it has a severely tilted axis that causes wild seasonal changes, a turbulent atmosphere and extremes of both warm and frigid weather.
Home of the Imperial Empire's capital First City, the capital remained neutral to both sides during the empire's civil war, and even housed the Romulans, Sela and Movar. The planet is within hailing distance after a day out at an unspecified warp
speed from Vulcan; direct communication is possible at least within four days' travel at warp.
Reference: Redemption, Part II |
Culture |
Klingon Houses |
Much of Klingon society and politics is organized around a familial lord-like estate and power base, which is led by the male family head and namesake, and is often based in an ancestral home.
Houses may openly contest each other in battle, and the largest earn a seat on the Klingon High Council. If the head of a house dies in an accident or other special circumstances and leaves no male heir, the Council is empowered to grant special
dispensation to allow a widow to head the family, despite her gender. A typically honorable death would leave an heirless house to fall to whoever's claim petition is approved, after an unspecified final ritual. The widow may avoid this by
performing the brek'tal ritual to obtain a new husband, soon after her husband's demise D'Ghor's family and the House of Kozak had been sworn enemies for seven generations; D'Ghor gradually manipulated its namesake into debts, devaluations and bad
deals until he hoped the house would be claimed by his and thereby possibly earn him a seat on the Council after Kozak's death.
Reference: The House of Quark |
Culture |
Klingon Imperial Empire |
The full name of the Klingon government. A badly-handled Federation first contact mission with the Klingons "centuries ago" is the
reason for "decades of war," Captain Picard said. Although Q refers to the empire as being "defeated" by the Federation, the
old enemies established at least a genial alliance while retaining separate forces. Some Klingons, however, opposed the new peace. Although the Klingon Empire was still in an alliance with the Romulans as late as the Khitomer massacre, when
Romulans wiped out an entire Klingon colony there, the two have been "blood enemies" for 75 years (since AD 2292).
K'mpec had been the Klingon leader longer than anyone, though the fight between Duras' family -- who were apparently collaborating with Romulans -- and others, now headed by Gowron, threatened constant civil war within the Empire.
There was a time when rebels like those on the Krios colony would have been crushed, Kell said, but the strife on the Homeworld during the civil war didn't allow for diversion of resources to such "trivial wars."
According to intelligence reports, the Klingons had tried "a few years back" to combine a molecular phase inverter and cloaking device, so that a "phased" ship could hide anywhere, even inside a planet, and be impervious to conventional weapons. After several accidents, the project was abandoned. The Klingon Imperial Empire sends at least a male officer and civilian woman
as delegates to the biennial Trade Agreements Conference on Betazed, circa stardate 43930.
The Empire is governed by "doddering fools and frightened old women who aren't worthy of the name Klingon," according to renegade gunman T'Kar, part of Verad's gang to hijack the Dax
symbiont. The Empire knew of Trills at least since AD 2289. Mere mention of the Empire made other worlds "tremble," recalled Kang, who rued the lack of a warrior ethic among modern
Klingons. A fictitious future war with the Cardassian Empire was the subject of Preloc's Cardassian novel "Meditations On A Crimson Shadow." In the wake of the Romulan-Cardassian
invasion debacle, the Empire was perceived by the Gamma Quadrant-based Founders as one of the only two "threats" to them left in the Alpha Quadrant along with the United Federation of
Planets -- and one that shouldn't last much longer, in their estimation.
Reference: Invasive Procedures |
Culture |
Klingon Imperial Information Net |
Referred to as the "Klingon central information net," K'Ehleyr, who did not know about Worf's discommendation, tied in to research
High Council records about the Khitomer and, once denied access to those records, looked into Duras' biography to find out about the discommendation.
The U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D computer needed only a moment to interlock for access, but K'Ehleyr's attempts were monitored on the homeworld and reported to the Klingon Duras. Lieutenant Commander Data accessed the computer to research the
Khitomer massacre and Klingon laws, and also to compare the U.S.S. Intrepid's records with those captured from the Romulans. The Klingon files on Khitomer were later found to be tampered with in order to falsely implicate Lieutenant Worf's father,
Mogh, as a traitor.
Reference: Reunion |
Culture |
Klingon Intelligence |
The formal name of the Klingon spy agency to which Morka, Atul and Bo'Rak report.
Reference: Visionary |
Culture |
Klingon Love Song |
The Klingon chef/host of the Klingon sushi kiosk sang the following song with Science Officer Dax. The Klingon chef had never heard the song before then:
"Ak'la bella doo-oo-oo-oo... "Bella ak'la doo-oo-oo-oo... "La suhm ... La suhm... "L'kahtra ...La suhm... "Ak'la
bella doo-oo-oo-oo!"
Reference: Playing God |
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Klingon Medical Division |
Formal name of the empire's medical bureau, which Doctor Crusher contacted with disappointing results when looking for information on Klingon neurology.
Reference: Ethics |
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Klingon Opera |
Keiko had her teenage Deep Space Nine students like Jake and Nog study an unnamed Klingon opera as part of their music studies, but the boys were not interested and put off studying it until the
night before. Though unheard, the lyrics, phonetically spelled and sung by a tenor, are:
"Kak-lah...Kak-lah ... Kah-pool-AYYY-do-la-kak-lah... Yoh boo la to dah... Yoh boo la to da...
"Ah... do ro may... do ro may... do ro may... do ro MAY de lat so may...
"Uh clop-doh... uh gah... Uh clop-doh uh gah dor... Uh clop-doh... uh gah... dor ray... dor ray... dor ray."
Reference: The Alternate |
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Klingon Restaurant, DS9 |
The new sushi kiosk on the Promenade as of stardate 47229.1 is run by a musical Klingon chef, also known as the Klingon host. Doctor Bashir asked Ensign Pazar out for dinner there, where she
argued that her Racht wasn't alive enough and subsequently won the respect of the chef, who later serenaded his customers with Klingon guitar songs. The Host also plays a concertina-like instrument. Doctor Bashir guessed Garak would consider it
just as "noisy, crowded and vulgar" as Quark's Place, and crossed it off their lunch list. Science Officer Dax took her initiate-trainee Arjin there, but he didn't care much for either
her Klingon song or the Racht. The opening of such businesses by Klingons worries Kang, who fretted that the warrior ethic is lost among his people today. It is also a favorite meal site of Jake's and his new girlfriend Leanne, where, with a
friend, they once had a memorable meal of gagh that they don't want to repeat .
Reference: Melora |
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Klingon School |
Designed to be difficult, Klingon schools build character and strength in students through physical and mental hardship. Lieutenant Worf threatened to send Alexander to a Klingon school when the
boy's continued misbehavior left him stumped, but he decided a bigger challenge would be learning to build their relationship from scratch together.
Reference: New Ground |
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Klingon-Federation War |
The decades-long conflict between Federation and Klingon peoples that dates back to a disastrous first contact which apparently took place "centuries ago," Captain Picard says during a first contact mission to Malcor III. The initial contact actually took place in 2218, and a former Federation captain, one James T. Kirk, commanding the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 at the
time, was present during the now historical first contact situation. The Klingon-Federation conflict is responsible for deaths, hardships and suffering on both sides, but its aftermath -- ironically -- appears to be all but forgotten by Lieutenant
Worf. This is evidenced when Worf dismisses the thought that the Romulans might ever be viewed as friends by the United Federation of Planets, or at least their Klingon allies.
Reference: First Contact |
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Klingonese phrases |
"Ak un lach'tel?" (A new boyfriend?)
"Doko...doko... un Koliay Trill..." (No, no, my student)
"Battlda-Kow-loo-takh. Dah Hegh!" (You'll be remembered with honor; now die!)
"Kkhapl-LA! ShusH-kin'Hurra!" (Success!)
"chay'pen Aha'bA?" (What's going on?)
"Ar got K'nel D'Kulluh marg rah gol loow!" (a senseless threatening roar)
"wIj jup" (untranslated, but perhaps "old friend").
Reference: Blood Oath |
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Klingonese sentences |
Translations, if available, are given afterward: "Go'Eveh lu cha wabeh to va re'Luk": (pronounced "GO-eveh
LOO-cha wah-BEH MO-ka REE-chos")
Ritual phrase repeated by each spouse in the house-saving brek'tal ritual.
"Ghos ma'lu Kah": (pronounced "GHOS mah-LOO-kah")
Final line of the brek'tal ritual, spoken by the witness.
"N'Gos tlhogh cha": (pronounced "nuh-GHOS TLOW-chaw")
"Our marriage is done" -- the lone line spoken in a Klingon ritual divorce.
"Du'cha Kovah! Estah!":
"Leave me alone! Let me go!" -- the drunken Bo'Rak in captivity.
"Ach'cho korvak batah!":
"A warrior's program" -- the reaction to a holosuite.
"Karagh abeh!": "Let's eat".
Reference: The House of Quark |
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klorn |
Apparently either a Klingon beverage dispenser or, more likely, a Klingon measure of liquid mass in the same vein as a liter or gallon. The Klingon Koloth warns his drunken friend Kor that he'll
open a hole in his belly if he "drinks another klorn of ale."
Reference: Blood Oath |
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KoH-man-ara |
A movement of the Klingon mok'bara which is the same as the crane block in tai-chi-chuan.
Reference: Second Chances |
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Kor`tova Candle |
Klingon candle, symbolic of the fire in a warrior's heart, lit when a young man declares an intention to become a warrior.
Reference: Firstborn |
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Korvat colony |
Site of the pre-Alliance United Federation of Planets-Klingon negotiations, sometime before AD 2289,
where Klingon Kang and joined-Trill Curzon Dax first met and shared Bahgol. This meeting was ostensibly
after Kang was tempted to kill Curzon when the Trill walked out during his opening diatribe, a calculated risk
taken which was meant to bond them through anger. This tactic eventually worked. It is not clear whether
the proper name refers to a planet, star or other such landmark.
Reference: Blood Oath |
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Kronos |
Humanized spelling of the native name for the Klingon Homeworld, more correctly spelled "Qo'noS."
Reference: The House of Quark |
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Kyamo |
An odd Klingon reference (pronounced "kee-AHM-uh ") to female appearance, untranslated but by context
perhaps a beautiful one or in contrast to man. The hung-over Klingon Kor, finally realizing that the male
Curzon is now the female Jadzia, calls "him" a "Kyamo-looking woman" on Deep Space Nine.
Reference: Blood Oath |
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law of herdity |
The Klingon Law of Heredity embodies the concept that a son will share in the honors or crimes of his father.
Without raising Duras' treachery, Captain Picard, as arbiter of succession, rules that Toral is indeed Duras' son but that the Council leader's position is not inherited and Toral is not experienced enough yet to lead the Empire.
Reference: Redemption, Part I |
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Laws and Justice |
a) Mek'ba
The Mek'ba is the name given to that part of a trial or challenge in which evidence is presented. The Mek'ba has strict rules for the presentation of evidence and for the conduct of both the accused and the accuser (much
like Terran courts).
b) G'now juk Hol pajhard
Klingon law of Heredity. A son shall share in the honors or shame of his father.
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Legend, Klingon |
The appearance of the area of blackness, later discovered to be created by the entity known as "Nagilum,"
reminds an uneasy Lieutenant Junior Grade Worf of an ancient Klingon legend of a black entity in space
that swallows up whole vessels.
Reference: Where Silence Has Lease |
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len`mat |
Klingon word meaning "recess," as in a legal trial. It can also mean "adjourned".
Reference: Sins of the Father |
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lo`Be Vos |
Klingon word meaning an unspecified creator or thing without courage.
Reference: Aquiel |
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Mak`dar |
A Klingon epithet used by drunken Kozak referring to Quark, modified by "pathetic."
Reference: The House Of Quark |
Ritual / Culture |
Sto-vo-qor |
The place were all honorable Klingon warriors go, the place where the honored dead gather to continue to fight and reveal in the glory of battle.Klingon tradition calls for the warrior to have at some time eaten the heart of an
enemy as well as to have died in glorious battle. It is said
Kahless himself awaits each warrior who enters Sto-vo-qor.
For those fallen warriors who died but not in battle, a family member must take on a dangerous mission of some form and dedicate it to the memory of the fallen warrior. More than one warrior may participate in this
mission.
Vond Shoo-vwee Dun Mahh-Qeqq huh-Qov-Vahm
Jeh Yin-Moj Mah-Muqh
Sto-ve-qor Pah-dahkh-tin baht-leh
el-eegh-cha yay-moj
We dedicate this mission and our lives to the
memory of a great warrior
through our victory, he/she will enter the sacred halls
of Sto-vo-kor.
the crew then shed their on blood by slicing their hands and reciting:
YuWee-modge. baht-leh-modge. Yah Dodge.
Lohn-Ict-lihj push-Mochh-ludge Sto-ve-qor.
Blood. Honor. Glory.
Open your gates, Sto-vo-kor
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Reference: Rightful Heir
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The Promise |
The messianic oath Kahless swore to his people to return one day to Qo'noS.
Reference: Rightful Heir |
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Voting |
Though it is not depicted, Klingon High Council members publicly vote by outstretching their right fist and grasping the right elbow with the left hand.
Reference: Redemption, Part I |