[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: lIr

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: lIr
Part of speech: noun
Definition: a nocturnal bird
Source: HQ (10:4 p4)
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(MO via Michael Roney, Jr., 7/03/2016):  There is already a word that can be used for owl.  It's {lIr}, which is some sort of Klingon nocturnal bird.  So an owl on Earth would be a {tera' lIr} ... or just {lIr}. 

lIr 'obe'  	Order of the Owl (KLI)

(Laurence Schoen, 7/26/2018):  In recognition of the efforts in bringing the Duolingo Klingon course into the world, and for the continuing support of this program, the KLI hereby calls into existence the Order of the Owl ({lIr 'obe'}) and proclaims Felix Malmenbeck, Philip Newton, and Jeremy Cowan to be members, to receive special medals indicating their status as well as a formal certificate to that effect.

PUN: 
"Edward Lear is famous for his poem 'The Owl and the Pussycat', and is slightly less famous for his paintings of landscapes--and of birds, particularly owls." (ghunchu'wI') 

SEE ALSO:
bo'Degh  	bird (n)
vIghro'  		*v'gro* (type of animal, like a cat) (n)


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons