[tlhIngan Hol] Source of {magh} v. "indicate, reveal"?

[mayqel qunenoS]

jIHvaD, wa' 'elaDya' vIttlhegh qawmoH ghu'vam..

naDev majatlh "we lock the door, we bolt the door, but the thief remains
inside".

nuq Del vIttlheghvam 'ej chay' {magh} ghu' bop ?

mu' chu' DIlajtaHvIS, mungchaj wItobmeH mayepqangchu', 'a qaStaHvIS DIS
law', mu' muj wIlajtaH.. hahaha !

~ nIghma'

On Oct 27, 2017 3:52 PM, "De'vID" <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Oct 26, 2017 11:46 PM, "De'vID" <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 28 September 2017 at 19:06, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:
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>> magh            indicate,  reveal (v)
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> What do you have as the source of this definition? I am trying to verify
> this definition.
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> Anyone? I'm almost convinced that this is an error (or perhaps a trap,
> since the TKD definition of {magh} is "betray"). My notes claim it's a
> possible typo, with the source as Star Trek: Communicator. However, the
> text I have of STC issue #104, which is the only issue I'm aware of where
> new vocabulary was revealed, does not have this listed.
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> What is the origin of this definition?
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> Lieven found the source of this fake word!
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> There used to be a website called "Star Trek: Continuum" which had a
> "Klingon Compendium" section, in which someone (not Marc Okrand) had
> "expanded" the definitions provided by Okrand. See this message here:
> https://www.kli.org/tlhIngan-Hol/1999/May/msg00420.html
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> The person who did this apparently didn't understand which of the English
> meanings of "betray" corresponded to {magh}, and so just copied the
> "indicate, reveal" definition from presumably a thesaurus. The entire
> "expanded" definition says "Verb, to commit treason. Also to indicate,
> reveal." This is *not* from Marc Okrand!
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> At some point, this definition entered the {boQwI'} database with the
> source abbreviated as "STC". But all the words revealed in Star Trek:
> Communicator had the source "STC 104", so I noticed it and added a note
> that the word might've been a typo.
>
> I wonder how many other "expanded" definitions from Star Trek: Continuum
> have entered into people's databases? The definition {magh} "indicate,
> reveal" should be removed. (I also think {magh} "betray" doesn't belong on
> the KLI new words list, since it's already in TKD.)
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> De'vID
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