For those whose Klingonaase is rusty, Mortas-Te-Kaase - also spelled  *mortaste kaase* - means "The Death's Hand".
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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.

Iikka "fergusq" Hauhio

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On Monday, May 16th, 2022 at 17.00, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:

De’vID,  thanks for answering.  I was hoping for a bit more context.  Do you know how {maQmIgh} was used in the story, maybe the actual sentence or paragraph or even the name and author of the story?  I’ve been wondering for thirty years!

 

For those whose Klingonaase is rusty, Mortas-Te-Kaase - also spelled  *mortaste kaase* - means "The Death's Hand".

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Voragh

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From: tlhIngan-Hol On Behalf Of De'vID
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2022 1:26 AM

On Fri, 13 May 2022 at 16:13, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:

Klingon word:         maQmIgh
Part of speech:        noun
Definition:               dark omen, sign of evil coming
Source:                    veS QonoS
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Published by the KLI in HolQeD 1.3 and reprinted again in HolQeD 5.4. 
AFAIK never used in a sentence.
Does anyone know what the context was in {veS QonoS} (the newsletter of Mortas-Te-Kaase, a defunct Klingon fan club)? 

 

Yes, the words were used in a story which was published in the Mar. 18, 1990 edition of {veS QonoS}.