HoH

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Causing a living being to die and the act itself, with canon drawing sharp lines between killing, murder, execution, hunting, and honorable conduct.

Examples

  • quv Hutlh HoHbogh tlhIngan 'ach qabDaj 'angbe'bogh.
    A Klingon who kills without showing their face has no honor.
  • HoHmey law' qel HoD.
    The captain considers many killings.
  • bIjatlhHa'chugh qaHoH.
    If you say the wrong thing, I will kill you.
  • wa' yIHoH.
    Kill one of them!
  • HoH bop lut.
    The story is about a killing.

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Meanings

Kill or cause to die

verb
conflict
neutral
To cause a living being to die. This general transitive verb takes the victim as its object. More specific verbs include chot for murder, muH for execution, and ghab for a planned, successful kill during a hunt.

Examples

  • wa' yIHoH.
    Kill one of them!
  • bong yaS vIHoHpu'.
    I accidentally killed the officer.
  • bIjatlhHa'chugh qaHoH.
    If you say the wrong thing, I will kill you.
  • Ha'DIbaH DaSop 'e' DaHechbe'chugh yIHoHQo'.
    Do not kill an animal unless you intend to eat it.
  • quv Hutlh HoHbogh tlhIngan 'ach qabDaj 'angbe'bogh.
    A Klingon who kills without showing their face has no honor.

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Killing

noun
conflict
neutral
An act of causing a living being to die. The Klingon Dictionary lists this noun, but a KLI survey of Okrandian examples found no attested sentence using the noun, unlike the very common verb.

Examples

  • HoH bop lut.
    The story is about a killing.
  • HoH leghpu' qama'.
    The prisoner saw the killing.
  • HoHmey law' qel HoD.
    The captain considers many killings.
  • HoHvam buS yaS.
    The officer focuses on this killing.
  • pa' qaS HoH.
    A killing happens there.

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