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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] birds (was Re: Klingon Bird-of-Prey Haynes Manual)

André Müller ([email protected]) 

<div dir="ltr">In fact, {qaryoq} and {qaryoq&#39;a&#39;} probably aren&#39;t derived from karaoke, but most likely from Disney&#39;s cartoon character José Carioca:<br><br><a href="http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs7/f/2006/347/3/c/Jose_Carioca_by_Daniel_Venice.jpg";>http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs7/f/2006/347/3/c/Jose_Carioca_by_Daniel_Venice.jpg</a><br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Carioca";>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Carioca</a><br><br>He&#39;s also a bird capable of mimicking speech, in particular the speech of people from Rio de Janeiro. :)<br>
<br>Greetings,<br>- André<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2012/12/17 De&#39;vID <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]"; target="_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Steven Boozer &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; I compiled a quick list of known birds {bo&#39;Deghmey}:  borghel, cha&#39;bIp, cha&#39;Do&#39;, cha&#39;naS, cha&#39;par, cha&#39;qu&#39;, *cherwItlh, Da&#39;nal, Da&#39;vI&#39;, lIr, lotlhmoq, notqa&#39;, parbIng, qanraD, qaryoq, qaryoq&#39;a&#39;, qa&#39;rol, ramjep, toQ, vem&#39;eq, vIlInHoD, yatqap and possibly {qISa&#39;ruj}.  I wouldn&#39;t be surprised to find that a few of these were birds of prey as well.<br>

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*{cherwItlh} - I&#39;ve never heard of this, where is it from?<br>
<br>
I know the origins (puns, jokes, etc.) behind these bird words:<br>
{bo&#39;Degh} - bird, general term (Bodega Bay)<br>
{cha&#39;bIp} - Road Runner (beep beep)<br>
{cha&#39;Do&#39;} - dodo<br>
{cha&#39;qu&#39;} - cuckoo<br>
{Da&#39;nal} - Donald Duck<br>
{Da&#39;vI&#39;} - Daffy Duck<br>
{lIr} - owl (Edward Lear)<br>
{notqa&#39;} - raven (nevermore)<br>
{parbIng} - under par, birdie (golf)<br>
{qanraD} - Conrad Birdie<br>
{qaryoq}, {qaryoq&#39;a&#39;} - Karaoke<br>
{qa&#39;rol} - Big Bird (Caroll Spinney)<br>
{qISa&#39;ruj} - raptor (Jurassic) (possibly not a bird)<br>
{ramjep} - midnight bird (no known pun, just the word for midnight)<br>
{toQ} - bird of prey (no known pun, back derived from {toQDuj})<br>
{vem&#39;eq} - early bird (wakes up early, gets the worm)<br>
{vIlInHoD} - parrot (Cap&#39;n Flint)<br>
{&#39;uSgheb} - leghorn chicken<br>
<br>
Does anyone know the puns behind these ones?<br>
{borghel} - a very small bird whose eggs are tasty<br>
{cha&#39;naS} - a small bird which digs up bugs to eat<br>
{cha&#39;par} - a bird notes for its song<br>
{lotlhmoq} - a bird that swoops into the water in order to catch food,<br>
but cannot swim<br>
{raw&#39;} - an aquatic bird with colourful plumage<br>
{yatqap} - a grey (sometimes white) bird that can travel particularly<br>
long distances without pausing<br>
<br>
I suspect, since so many of the bird names are puns, jokes, or<br>
references, that in fact all of them are.<br>
<br>
--<br>
De&#39;vID<br>
<br>
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