Klingon Word of the Day: maQmIgh
Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, May 13, 2022 Klingon word: maQmIgh Part of speech: noun Definition: dark omen, sign of evil coming Source: veS QonoS This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh@kli.org).
Klingon word: maQmIgh Part of speech: noun Definition: dark omen, sign of evil coming Source: veS QonoS _______________________________________________ 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)? CULTURE NOTES: *{juS yo' qIj} "the Black Fleet is passing": a proverb for "when there is a general ominous feeling" ("They Have Aleady Been Here," a short story by Anthony Appleyard) SEE: maQ signal, sign (n) mIgh be evil (v) SEE ALSO: leSSov foresight (n) San fate (n) ghuHmoH warn (v) lIb be impending, imminent, loom (v) -- Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons Please contribute relevant vocabulary or notes from the last year or two. I’ve fallen woefully behind in updating my files.
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 _______________________________________________
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}. -- De'vID
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". -- Voragh ________________________________________________________ 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<mailto:sboozer@uchicago.edu>> wrote: Klingon word: maQmIgh Part of speech: noun Definition: dark omen, sign of evil coming Source: veS QonoS _______________________________________________ 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}.
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. Iikka "fergusq" Hauhio ------- Original Message ------- 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".
-- 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 _______________________________________________
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}.
On Mon., May 16, 2022, 20:53 Iikka Hauhio, <fergusq@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. -- De'vID
On Mon, 16 May 2022 at 16:00, 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!
I can tell you why you'll find so little information online about it: the person who ran the Mortas-Te-Kaase fan club (who was also the editor of {veS QonoS}) got into some very serious trouble with law enforcement and had to disappear. -- De'vID
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