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

[Rohan Fenwick - QeS 'utlh]

ghItlhpu' Voragh, jatlh:
> {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)?


jang janSIy, jatlh: 
> 3. The yiddish word "nash" (usually written "nosh" in English) means to nibble or snack.

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...

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