kalkoen

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kalkoen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalˈkun/

• Audio

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Noun

kalkoen (plural kalkoene, diminutive kalkoentjie)

1. turkey, Meleagris gallopavo

Descendants

• → English: kalkoentjie
• → Swazi: ingalukhuni
• → Xhosa: ikarukwini
• → Zulu: ikalikuni
• → Shona: Garukuni

Dutch

Meleagris gallopavo in Nederlandsche vogelen, 1770-1829

Etymology

From older Dutch Calcoensche haan (modern kalkoense haan), from Calcoen, the then-used name for the Indian city Calicut, modern Kozhikode. Although the bird originated in the Americas, confusion arose due to its similarity to the African guinea fowl, which was exported to and imported from India since the 15th century by Portuguese traders.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑlˈkun/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: kal‧koen
• Rhymes: -un

Noun

kalkoen m (plural kalkoenen, diminutive kalkoentje n)

1. The turkey, Meleagris gallopavo

Derived terms

• boskalkoen
• kalkoenparelhoen
• pauwkalkoen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kalkoen
  • → English: kalkoentjie
  • → Swazi: ingalukhuni
  • → Xhosa: ikarukwini
  • → Zulu: ikalikuni
  • → Shona: Garukuni
• Berbice Creole Dutch: kalkuna
• Jersey Dutch: kääl'kûn
• Negerhollands: kalkuen
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: kalkun (dated)
• → Lokono: kalakona
• → Caribbean Javanese: kalkun
• → Danish: kalkun
  • → Faroese: kalkun
  • → Icelandic: kalkúnn
• → Indonesian: kalkun
• → Japanese: カラクン
• → Low German:
  • → Dutch Low Saxon: kalkoen
  • → German Low German: Kalkuun
• → Mohegan-Pequot: goongeyox
• → Norwegian Bokmål: kalkun
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: kalkun
• → Papiamentu: kalakuna
• → Sranan Tongo: krakun
  • → Aukan: kaakun
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: krákun
  • → Kari'na: karakuna
• → Swedish: kalkon
  • → Finnish: kalkkuna
• → West Frisian: kalkoen

Further reading

• kalkoen on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl
• “kalkoen” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

West Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch kalkoen.

Noun

kalkoen c (plural kalkoenen, diminutive kalkoentsje)

1. turkey (bird)

Further reading

• “kalkoen”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011