Klingon language in the book SAREK

[Kehlan]

I read "Sarek" recently and am interested to find out if the Klingon usage in it is canon or just the writer's invention.  for example, the use of the suffix "oy" at the end of a word to indicate an endearment.
I am interested in how Klingons would express their feelings/love for their families - mates and children etc.
Can anyone help?

Kehlan

[ter'eS]

It's been a while since I read Sarek, but Marc Okrand, Klingon's creator, supplied the Klingon for it, so everything in it is real Klingon.

As for expressing affection, here's some words that may apply:

bang loved one
-oy suffix showing endearment
parmaq love, romance
parmaqqay romantic partner
parHa' undislike
muSHa' unhate

There are hardly any examples of these in use. IIRC, Valkris calls Kruge bangwI' joHwI' je 'my love and my lord'.  Azetbur refers to her father as vavoy 'dear father'.  Worf describes parmaq and calls Dax his parmaqqay (how a parmaqqay differs from a bang i don't know). MO once translated "Give us a kiss, love" as HIchop, bangwI' (literally, 'Bite me, lover').  parHa' and muSHa' (from par 'dislike' and muS 'hate') are not canon words, but often used to translate 'like' or 'love'.  As far as I know, we've never heard an expression of affection from parent to child.

Oh, and if you see someone you really like, you can say pubtaH 'IwwIj 'My blood boils.'  (pub 'boil'; -taH on-going action; 'Iw 'blood'; -wIj 'my').

-- ter'eS