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

Rohan Fenwick - QeS 'utlh ([email protected]) 

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ghItlhpu' Voragh, jatlh:<br>&gt; {cha'naS} - a small bird which digs up bugs to eat<br><div><div dir="ltr">&gt; 1. National Audubon Society? (NAS)<br>&gt; 2. *nasnas* ("Another variety of Nasnas, having the wings of a bat, inhabits the island of Raij (perhaps Borneo) at the edge of the China seas." (<a href="http://www.hum.au.dk/romansk/borges/vakalo/zf/html/body_the_nasnas.html"; target="_blank">http://www.hum.au.dk/romansk/borges/vakalo/zf/html/body_the_nasnas.html</a>)?<br><br>
jang janSIy, jatlh: <br>&gt; 3. The yiddish word "nash" (usually written "nosh" in English) means to nibble or snack.<br><br>That already turns up in Klingon - {noS} "eat in small mouthfuls, nibble" (from KGT). That Marc used the /o/-form for it makes me a little sceptical that he'd use /naS/ for the bird if he intended the same pun. But who knows...<br><br>QeS<br></div></div> 		 	   		  </div></body>
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