kalkoen
Afrikaans
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
kalkoen (plural kalkoene, diminutive kalkoentjie)
Descendants
- → English: kalkoentjie
- → Swazi: ingalukhuni
- → Xhosa: ikarukwini
- → Zulu: ikalikuni
Dutch
Etymology
From older Dutch Calcoensche 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
Noun
kalkoen f (plural kalkoenen, diminutive kalkoentje n)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: kalkoen
- → English: kalkoentjie
- → Swazi: ingalukhuni
- → Xhosa: ikarukwini
- → Zulu: ikalikuni
- → Danish: kalkun
- → Icelandic: kalkúnn
- → Indonesian: kalkun
- → Japanese: カラクン
- → Papiamentu: kalakuna
- → Sranan Tongo: krakun
- → West Frisian: kalkoen
West Frisian
Etymology
Noun
kalkoen c (plural kalkoenen, diminutive kalkoentsje)
- turkey (bird)
Further reading
- “kalkoen”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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