[93779] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: maQ
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Jun 18 12:54:43 2012
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:54:31 +0000
In-Reply-To: <F52986192E9FE346B0B7EF3D6F98E87711C31C73@EXDB3.ug.kth.se>
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"Portent" or "harbinger" would probably be other translations of {maQmIgh}. It was published in HolQeD 1.3:9 as part of a list of words Okrand provided for a 'zine called <<veS QonoS>>. Anyone know anything about this 'zine or how {maQmIgh} was used there?
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Felix Malmenbeck [mailto:felixm@kth.se]
>
>> Klingon word: maQ
>> Part of speech: noun
>> Definition: sign, signal
>
> maQmIgh ("dark omen", "sign of evil coming") had long been known. maQ
> as a stand-alone noun was revealed to us back in 2010 by KLI members
> who'd help proofread the libretto to 'u'. It's since been published in
> paq'batlh [paq'yav, Canto 4]:
>
> ghIq jach qa'rol
> maQ 'oH
> HemHa'choH 'ej cho'choH moratlh
>
> Then the qa'rol raises voice
> The signal for Morath
> To lose his pride and claim a throne.
>
> ________________________________________
> From: qurgh lungqIj [qurgh@wizage.net]
>
> Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, June 17, 2012
>
> Klingon word: maQ
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: sign, signal
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