Suffixes: -meH
Klingons use a special suffix to mark what is known as the purpose clause, or order to. That suffix is -meH, a Type 9 verb suffix.
Some examples follow from Star Trek: Discovery.
buQwI'vam 'omlu'meH wa' mIw tu'lu' There is one way to confront this threat
Here, the -meH suffix is attached to ‘om resist, fend off (v) in ‘omlu’meH in order to confront it (the it in this case being buQwI'vam this threat).
nuvma' DIghommoHmeH DaHjaj rI'meH qulmaj wIchu' To assemble our people, today we light our beacon
This sentence contains two examples of the use of -meH:-
nuvma' DIghommoHmeH in order to cause our people to form a group
DaHjaj rI'meH qulmaj wIchu' today, we light our beacon
rI'meH qulmaj is our beacon - it is literally our fire, in order to hail (them)
jagh wI'ommeH pe'vIl DeSDu'maj DIrar To lock arms against the enemy
Here, -meH is again added to ‘om resist, fend off (v). Here, it is part of the purpose clause jagh wI’ommeH in order to fend off the enemy
HeghmoHbogh rI'meH mu'meyvam jatlh jaghma'... Our enemy hails us with fatal words ...
Here, rI’meH mu’meyvam means words, in order to hail and HeghmoHbogh means fatal or that which causes death.
machoq'eghmeH maghobtaHvIS HeghwI' wa'DIch ghaH first to die in our crusade for self-preservation Here, machoq’eghmeH means in order to save ourselves.
wIchmo' qIb luchIqmeH puvbej'a' Dujmey? Will ships really fly across the galaxy because of a fable? Here, luchIqmeH means in order to traverse / cross, and in this sentence the thing being traversed is qIb galaxy (n). wIchmo’ is because of a myth from wIch (myth (n)).
The suffix -meH finds its way into a lot of Klingon. One example from Klingon for the Galactic Traveler is jabmeH In Order To Serve, a famous Klingon cookbook (jab serve (food) (v)).
