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ship, vessel, instincts, intuition
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/ɖud͡ʒ/
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A ship or vessel, and by homonymy the instincts that steer judgment, a double meaning that Klingon canon turns into wordplay about character.
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Examples

  • vaj Duj DachIj.
    You have strength of character.
  • DujwIj vIvoq.
    I trust my instincts.
  • DujlIj yIvoq.
    Trust your instincts.
  • HIvmeH Duj So'lu'.
    A ship is cloaked in order to attack.
  • DujDaq yuQ wIleng.
    We travel to the planet in the ship.

Similar words

re'lIng

Meanings

Ship or vessel

noun
transport
neutral
A craft used for travel, especially a spacecraft, and a broad element in names for vehicles from boats to aircraft.

Usage

Use Duj for a ship or vessel. Add a modifier such as may' for a battle cruiser or bIQ for a watercraft when the kind matters.

Examples

  • veQDuj 'oH DujlIj'e'.
    Your ship is a garbage scow.
  • nIteb DujlIj yIchIj.
    Navigate your vessel alone.
  • DujDaj HubtaHvIS Hegh 'e' tul Hoch tlhIngan.
    Every Klingon hopes to die while defending his ship.
  • HIvmeH Duj So'lu'.
    A ship is cloaked in order to attack.
  • DujDaq yuQ wIleng.
    We travel to the planet in the ship.

Common mistakes

The non-sentient plural takes -mey, and descriptive verbs follow the noun they modify.
IncorrectCorrect
Dujpu' vIlegh. Dujmey vIlegh.
tIn Duj vIlegh. Duj tIn vIlegh.
DujDaq chu' jIQuch. Duj chu'Daq jIQuch.

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Instincts

noun
mind
neutral
The inner impulses and intuitive judgment that guide action without deliberate reasoning, treated grammatically as either one bundle or several instincts.

Usage

Use Duj for instincts as a collective or a plural idea. Use singular re'lIng when one specific instinct, talent, or aptitude is meant.

Examples

  • Duj tIvoqtaH.
    Always trust your instincts.
  • DujlIj yIvoq.
    Trust your instincts.
  • vaj Duj DachIj.
    You have strength of character.
  • vaj Duj chIjbe'.
    He or she lacks strength of character.
  • DujwIj vIvoq.
    I trust my instincts.

Common mistakes

The homonym is mistaken for a literal ship, or the verb prefix fails to agree with the intended object.
IncorrectCorrect
DujwIj jIvoq. DujwIj vIvoq.
DujlIj bIvoq. DujlIj yIvoq.
DujlI' yIvoq. DujlIj yIvoq.

Similar words

re'lIng

Usage

Let the surrounding verb and modifier choose the sense. Navigation, cloaking, and vehicle words point to a vessel, while trusting Duj usually points to instincts.

Common mistakes

Dujpu' gives a non-sentient ship the wrong plural suffix, while context-free translations can miss the canonical wordplay between ships and instincts.

Etymology

The Klingon Dictionary records two nouns pronounced Duj, one meaning ship or vessel and the other instincts. The Klingon Way and Klingon for the Galactic Traveler deliberately exploit the overlap in sayings about trusting and navigating one's Duj.

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