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[ ʂɪlɑʔ ]
Noun
English: large mirror
German: großer Spiegel
Source: HQ:v10n4p5
KLCP Level: 3
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HolQeD 10:4, p. 4: matlh juppu' mu'mey. Finally, when he heard that his new friend had considered asking for "mirror" before deciding on asking for "bird," Maltz blurted out that there are two common words for "mirror": SIla' and neSlo'. He said that a SIla' was typically larger than a neSlo', but he wasn't sure if there was any other difference.

neSlo' tonSaw' Qav      
The Final Reflection (novel by John Ford)

  "[For] The Final Reflection ... if reflection, as in image in a mirror is needed, he [Maltz] offered neSlo' tonSaw' Qav." (Okrand to qurgh, 9/01/2010)

  "We went with neSlo' tonSaw' Qav for the title of the book, since reflection, in this case, refers to version of *klinzha* that is played with a mirror." (qurgh, 9/01/2010)

  "It's an interpretative translation of the name of a book: The Final Reflection. The reference is to a variant of a Klingon chess-like game in which the player is simultaneously trying both to capture the goal and to move to avoid letting the goal be captured." (ghunchuwI', 8/01/2017]

PUN:   

the Magic Mirror (smaller than a full-size mirror) from the Disney movie Snow White was voiced by Moroni Olsen.

SEE ALSO:

mIllogh         picture, image, (visual) depiction 
'al'on                  glass (n)
QIb             shadow [Etruscan *hinthal* and Latin *umbra* were used for image in a mirror)

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