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Compound Nouns
The Klingon Dictionary states:-
To indicate that one noun is the possessor of another noun (e.g., enemy's weapon), no suffix is used. Instead, the two nouns are said in the order possessor-possessed: jagh nuH enemy's weapon (literally, enemy weapon).This construction is also used for phrases translated by of the in English, such as weapon of the enemy.
Let's put together some examples.
jagh nuH | the enemy's weapon |
tlhIngan ghIch | the Klingon's nose |
tlhIngan paQDI'norgh | Klingon Teachings |
tlhIngan Soj | Klingon food |
jagh yuQ | enemy planet |
jup chav | a friend's achievement |
lIy He | the comet's course |
maghwI' Hegh | a traitor's death |
nuch Hegh | a coward's death |
nugh pegh | society's secret |
qoH Huch | the fool's money |
cho'wI' pegh | the successor's secret |
nov Dup | the alien's strategy |
puq lut | a fable, a child's story |
puq taj | a child's knife |
vu'wI' Dotlh | the manager's status |
qoH vuD | the fool's opinion |
voDleH voHDajbo' | an Emperor's ransom |
Surchem veH | the boundary of the force field |
Duj vutpa' | the ship's galley |
Duj jolpa' | The ship's transporter room |
Duj ropyaH | The ship's sickbay |
jagh Doghjey | the enemy's unconditional surrender |
DIvI' rIvSo' | the Federation embassy |
nov rIp | The alien's council |
Friday: Examples of usage of the above noun-noun constructions, and a closer look at this compound noun construct.
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