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

[David Holt]

> From: sboozer at uchicago.edu

> > {cha'naS} - a small bird which digs up bugs to eat
> 
> 1. National Audubon Society? (NAS)
> 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." (http://www.hum.au.dk/romansk/borges/vakalo/zf/html/body_the_nasnas.html)?

 
3. The yiddish word "nash" (usually written "nosh" in English) means to nibble or snack.
 
This is my favorite theory, though I admit I've never heard it doubled.
 
janSIy 		 	   		  
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