kalkun
Danish
Etymology
the word is borrowed from german and is a contraction of 'calcutta hen'
Noun
kalkun c (singular definite kalkunen, plural indefinite kalkuner)
- turkey (bird)
Inflection
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kalkun | kalkunen | kalkuner | kalkunerne |
| genitive | kalkuns | kalkunens | kalkuners | kalkunernes |
Estonian
Etymology
German Low German Kalkuun, from Dutch kalkoen.
Noun
kalkun (genitive kalkuni, partitive kalkunit)
- turkey (bird)
- turkey (meat of this bird)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kalkun | kalkunid |
| accusative | kalkuni | kalkunid |
| genitive | kalkuni | kalkunite |
| partitive | kalkunit | kalkuneid |
| illative | kalkunisse | kalkunitesse kalkuneisse |
| inessive | kalkunis | kalkunites kalkuneis |
| elative | kalkunist | kalkunitest kalkuneist |
| allative | kalkunile | kalkunitele kalkuneile |
| adessive | kalkunil | kalkunitel kalkuneil |
| ablative | kalkunilt | kalkunitelt kalkuneilt |
| translative | kalkuniks | kalkuniteks kalkuneiks |
| terminative | kalkunini | kalkuniteni |
| essive | kalkunina | kalkunitena |
| abessive | kalkunita | kalkuniteta |
| comitative | kalkuniga | kalkunitega |
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰal̥ˈkʰuːn/
Noun
kalkun f (genitive singular kalkunar, plural kalkunir)
- turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
Declension
| Declension of kalkun | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| f2 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kalkun | kalkunin | kalkunir | kalkunirnar |
| accusative | kalkun | kalkunina | kalkunir | kalkunirnar |
| dative | kalkun | kalkunini | kalkunum | kalkununum |
| genitive | kalkunar | kalkunarinnar | kalkuna | kalkunanna |
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch kalkoen (“turkey”), older Calcoensche haan (modern kalkoense haan), from Calcoen, the then-used name for the Indian city Calicut, modern Kozhikode.
Noun
kalkun (first-person possessive kalkunku, second-person possessive kalkunmu, third-person possessive kalkunnya)
- turkey (bird) (Meleagris gallopavo)
- Synonyms: ayam belanda, ayam kalkun
Further reading
- “kalkun” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Dutch kalkoen.
Noun
kalkun m (definite singular kalkunen, indefinite plural kalkuner, definite plural kalkunene)
- a turkey (large bird)
References
- “kalkun” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Dutch kalkoen.
Noun
kalkun m (definite singular kalkunen, indefinite plural kalkunar, definite plural kalkunane)
- a turkey (large bird)
References
- “kalkun” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.