Possessives - The Klingon's Nose

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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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