petaQ

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p'takh, contemptible person, insult
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/pɛtɑq͡χ/
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A serious Klingon epithet for a contemptible person, famous from Star Trek and treated in canon as an insult with no neat English equivalent.
Practice using petaQ in conversation until it feels natural

Examples

  • nuqDaq ghaH petaQ'e'?
    Where is the p'takh?
  • petaQ SoH.
    You are a p'takh.
  • petaQ!
    P'takh!
  • nItlhejbogh petaQmey tInuD.
    Look at the p'takhs at your side.
  • petaQ'a' SoH.
    You are a dirty p'takh.

Similar words

taHqeq
Qovpatlh
yIntagh
toDSaH

Meanings

Contemptuous epithet

interjection
insults
slang
A sharp personal insult aimed at someone treated as contemptible, useless, or beneath respect.

Examples

  • petaQ!
    P'takh!
  • petaQ SoH.
    You are a p'takh.
  • petaQ'a' SoH.
    You are a dirty p'takh.
  • nuqDaq ghaH petaQ'e'?
    Where is the p'takh?
  • nItlhejbogh petaQmey tInuD.
    Look at the p'takhs at your side.

Similar words

toDSaH
taHqeq
yIntagh
Qovpatlh

Etymology

Listed in The Klingon Dictionary as an epithet. A later KLI paq'batlh clarification says petaQ is unrelated to taQ, normally takes -pu', and uses -mey for extra insult.

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