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

[André Müller]

In fact, {qaryoq} and {qaryoq'a'} probably aren't derived from karaoke, but
most likely from Disney's cartoon character José Carioca:

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs7/f/2006/347/3/c/Jose_Carioca_by_Daniel_Venice.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Carioca

He's also a bird capable of mimicking speech, in particular the speech of
people from Rio de Janeiro. :)

Greetings,
- André

2012/12/17 De'vID <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com>

> 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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