Klingon word: moj Part of speech: verb Definition: become _______________________________________________ yaS vImojpu' I became an officer. TKD yaS DImojpu' We became officers. TKD DIHIvbe'ch[ugh] qo'chajDaq toy'wI''a' DImoj Attack or be slaves in their world. ST6 bogh tlhInganpu', SuvwI'pu' moj, Hegh Klingons are born, live as warriors, then die. TKW wa' jaj 'etlh 'uchchoHlaH tlhIngan puqloD; jajvetlh loD nen moj The son of a Klingon is a man the day he can first hold a blade. TKW yejquv DevwI' moj ghawran 'e' wuqta' cho' 'oDwI' Dapu'bogh janluq pIqarD HoD Gowron... named leader of the High Council by Captain Jean-Luc Picard, who was acting as Arbiter of Succession. S25 ja'chuq Dalopchu'. Qang Damoj. Complete the Rite of Succession to become chancellor. MKE Danumlu'. Sa' Damoj. Promoted to general. MKE tugh ghojwI'pu' po' moj ghojwI'pu' chu'. tugh jatlhwI'pu' po' moj ghojwI'pu' po'. (MO qepHom 2013 untranslated greetings) 'ej bejtaHvIS baS moj jIb his hair … turned to steel before his eyes (PB) Deb mojpu' vavDaj yer 'ej choSchoHlu'pu' 'e' tu' He finds the lands of his father barren and deserted (PB) tlhIngan wo' voDleH moj Sughlu’ He was crowned emperor of the Klingon Empire (PB) nIteb 'atlantIq bIQ'a' chIqbogh 'orwI' wa'DIch mojta' he became the first pilot to cross the Atlantic Ocean solo (NASM, Spirit of St. Louis) *bIvangchugh 'uQ DaSop. bIQubchugh 'uQ Damoj. Act and you shall have dinner. Think and you shall be dinner. KCD [Klingon not provided on CD but occasionally quoted in the Mailing List and fandom] (qep'a' 2018): But there’s also an idiomatic expression: {ro’ mojchugh ghIt} "if the flat hand becomes a fist". Used in a similar fashion to the English "on the other hand." TREK TRIVIA: “To become a thing is to know a thing. To assume its form is to begin to understand its existence.” (Female Changeling, DS9 “The Seaqrch, Part II”) SEE ALSO: gheS assume the duties of (v) Sugh install [in office] (v) Da behave as, act in the manner of (v) cho' succeed [to authority] (v) wIv choose (v) pong name, call (v) chen build up, take form, take shape (v) ghe' be transformed, transmuted, metamorphosed, totally altered (v) -- Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons Please contribute relevant vocabulary or notes from the last year or two. I’ve fallen woefully behind in updating my files.