kalkoen
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch kalkoen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kalˈkun/
Audio (file)
Noun
kalkoen (plural kalkoene, diminutive kalkoentjie)
- turkey, Meleagris gallopavo
Descendants
- → English: kalkoentjie
- → Swazi: ingalukhuni
- → Xhosa: ikarukwini
- → Zulu: ikalikuni
- → Shona: Garukuni
Dutch
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 (file) - Hyphenation: kal‧koen
- Rhymes: -un
Noun
kalkoen m (plural kalkoenen, diminutive kalkoentje n)
- turkey, Meleagris gallopavo
Derived terms
- boskalkoen
- 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)
- → Arawak: 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
- → Galibi Carib: karakuna
- → Swedish: kalkon
- → Finnish: kalkkuna
- → West Frisian: kalkoen
Further reading
- “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)
- turkey (bird)
Further reading
- “kalkoen”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011