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<div style="direction:ltr; font-family:Tahoma; color:#000000; font-size:10pt">I was conversing with Marc Okrand, recently, and he was kind enough to reveal the name of one of my favorite animals:<br>
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{la'SIv}<br>
(or {tera' la'SIv}, when speaking of the Earth variety)<br>
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You'll find the translation of this word below, but first an old story:<br>
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QIt Suypu' Daq jaHlI' la'SIv, ghomDI' targh Hem. QIt yIttaHmo' la'SIv, ghaH vaqchoHpu' targh.<br>
'ach Hem je la'SIvvam 'ej targhvaD jatlhta', mach qamDu'wIj 'ach ma'ovchugh Do qaD vIQaplaH.<br>
targh luHaghmoHpu' mu'meyDaj 'ej jatlhta' targh, ngeDbej qaDvam! vIlaj!<br>
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wa'leS juH vengHomchaj veHDaq ghomchuqta'. qaD loHwI' ghaH Sargh joH'e'. Hopbogh nagh tIn ngu'meH SIqta' ghaH 'ej jatlhta', ghochraj 'oH nagh tIn'e'. QapwI' tu'meH pa' loSlI' puqbe'wI'. Sara'DI' peqetchoH.<br>
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DaH!<br>
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SIbI' ghoSchoHta' 'ovwI'pu'. nom qettaH targh 'ej QIt yIttaH la'SIv. wa' tup pIq He bID ghoSta' targh. 'emDajDaq bejta' 'ej HoptaH la'SIv 'e' tu'pu'. vaj HaghtaH targh.<br>
tujmoHtaH pemjep jul 'ej targhDaq Sum Sor. Qubpu' targh, qaD vIQapbejmeH HoSwIj naQ vIlo'nISbe'. Sorvam QIbDaq loQ jIleSlI'. ghIq jIqetqa'lI'.<br>
vaj Sor jaHta' targh 'ej leSchoHta'. leSlI'. QongchoHpu'. QongtaH.<br>
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'op lupmey pIq vempu' targh 'ej qetchoHta'. Qapchu' ghaH 'e' pIHtaHmo' QuchtaH. tugh mIytaH ghaH 'ej Ho'lu'taH.<br>
wa' tup pIq nagh tIn pawta' targh 'ej Sargh joH puqbe' vanta'. Hemqu'taH 'ej mI'taH neHtaH. vaj naghHey Sum yorDaq pawmeH Supta'. 'ach mI'choHpu'DI' tugh Qompu' 'ej pumpu'.<br>
jatlhta' targh mIS, qaSpu' nuq?<br>
chovemmoHpu', jatlhta' la'SIv.<br>
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Hem cha' 'ach nguq wa' mob.<br>
teHbe' lutvam 'ach teH qonwI' paQDI'norgh: yIHem 'ach yInguqQo'!<br>
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...soooo, anyway:<br>
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ghItlhta' Hol qonwI''a',<br>
> Maltz told me about a Klingon animal that's kind of turtle-like called a <b>la'SIv</b>. So maybe "turtle" is
<b>tera' la'SIv</b>.<br>
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