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

[jaSwa']

I was under the impression from the beginning that qISa'ruj was a type of bird, since "raptor" literally means "bird of prey."

jaSwa'

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De'vID <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com> wrote:

>On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:
>> I compiled a quick list of known birds {bo'Deghmey}:  borghel, cha'bIp, cha'Do', cha'naS, cha'par, cha'qu', *cherwItlh, Da'nal, Da'vI', lIr, lotlhmoq, notqa', parbIng, qanraD, qaryoq, qaryoq'a', qa'rol, ramjep, toQ, vem'eq, vIlInHoD, yatqap and possibly {qISa'ruj}.  I wouldn't be surprised to find that a few of these were birds of prey as well.
>
>*{cherwItlh} - I've never heard of this, where is it from?
>
>I know the origins (puns, jokes, etc.) behind these bird words:
>{bo'Degh} - bird, general term (Bodega Bay)
>{cha'bIp} - Road Runner (beep beep)
>{cha'Do'} - dodo
>{cha'qu'} - cuckoo
>{Da'nal} - Donald Duck
>{Da'vI'} - Daffy Duck
>{lIr} - owl (Edward Lear)
>{notqa'} - raven (nevermore)
>{parbIng} - under par, birdie (golf)
>{qanraD} - Conrad Birdie
>{qaryoq}, {qaryoq'a'} - Karaoke
>{qa'rol} - Big Bird (Caroll Spinney)
>{qISa'ruj} - raptor (Jurassic) (possibly not a bird)
>{ramjep} - midnight bird (no known pun, just the word for midnight)
>{toQ} - bird of prey (no known pun, back derived from {toQDuj})
>{vem'eq} - early bird (wakes up early, gets the worm)
>{vIlInHoD} - parrot (Cap'n Flint)
>{'uSgheb} - leghorn chicken
>
>Does anyone know the puns behind these ones?
>{borghel} - a very small bird whose eggs are tasty
>{cha'naS} - a small bird which digs up bugs to eat
>{cha'par} - a bird notes for its song
>{lotlhmoq} - a bird that swoops into the water in order to catch food,
>but cannot swim
>{raw'} - an aquatic bird with colourful plumage
>{yatqap} - a grey (sometimes white) bird that can travel particularly
>long distances without pausing
>
>I suspect, since so many of the bird names are puns, jokes, or
>references, that in fact all of them are.
>
>--
>De'vID
>
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