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.
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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