A Quick Reference to Locations in Klingon

In the English language places are indicated with adverbs and/or prepositions, this is not the case in Klingon however (which do not have any prepositions). To express locative concepts in Klingon one mostly make use of one of the following Type 5 noun suffixes:

-Daq	locative (n)	[TKD 3.3.5]
-vo’	from (n)	[TKD 3.3.5]

-Daq is used to express that something takes place in the vicinity of, inside, or in the direction towards a noun. While -vo’ indicates that something is going in a direction away from the noun. E.g.

Duj­wIjDaq jIH­taH	I’m in my ship.
juH­wIjDaq jIH­taH	I’m at my home.
juH­wIjDaq jI­jaH	I’m going to my home.
juH­wIjvo’ jI­jaH	I’m going away from my home.

Klingon uses nouns to express more complex spatial relationships (these words are adverbs in English) this means that for example the word Dat should be interpreted as something like the everwhere place or all places. And a phase like Dat qa­legh (meaning I see you everywhere) is literally I see you in all places. Likewise poS­wIj­Daq qa­legh (meaning I see you to my left) is literally I see you in my left area.

These nouns never take the -Daq suffix. [TKD 3.3.5]

Dat	everywhere, all places  (n)
na­Dev	here, hereabouts  (n)
pa’	there, over there, thereabouts  (n)

Here’s a list of some location nouns in Klingon:

vogh	somewhere (n)	[TKD]
nIH	right (side) (n)	[TKD]
poS	left (side) (n)	[TKD]
tlhop	front, area in front of (n)	[KGT]
’em	behind, area behind (n)	[KGT]
Dung	area above, area overhead (n)	[TKD]
bIng	area below, area under (n)	[TKD]
retlh	area beside, area next to (n)	[TKD]
joj	area between (n)	[KGT]
qoD	inside, interior (n)	[KGT]
Hur	outside (n)	[TKD]

And, finally, these are verbs to describe size and position of objects:

yoy	be upside down (v)	[TKD]
ngaS	contain (have inside) (v)	[TKD]
Sum	be near, be nearby (v)	[KGT]
Hop	be remote, be far (v)	[TKD]
tIn	be big (v)	[TKD]
mach	be small (v)	[TKD]
tIq	be long, lengthy (of an object) (v)	[TKD]
run	be short (in stature) (v)	[KGT]

And that concludes this quick reference to locations in Klingon.