[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: maQmIgh

[De'vID]

On Mon., May 16, 2022, 20:53 Iikka Hauhio, <fergusq at protonmail.com> wrote:

> For those whose Klingonaase is rusty, Mortas-Te-Kaase - also spelled  **mortaste
> kaase** - means "The Death's Hand".
>
> ​
> Is this supposed to be Klingonaase or an Earth language? Mortas sounds
> like the Romance word for death and "kaase" sounds a lot like "käsi", the
> Finnish word for hand. "Mortaste" sounds a bit like the genitive form in
> Finnic languages, so it could be a Finnic language that has loaned the word
> for death.
>
> I hope it doesn't try to be alien. Even Okrandian puns aren't that obvious.
>

In the Mirror Universe, members of the Klingonaase Language Academy get
together to study the invented language and canonical works of John M.
Ford, and groan at the linguistic jokes therein.

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