turtur
See also: Turtur and țurțur
Latin
turtur (turtle dove)
Etymology
Onomatopoeic, from the bird's coo.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtur.tur/, [ˈt̪ʊrt̪ʊr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtur.tur/, [ˈt̪urt̪ur]
Noun
turtur m (genitive turturis); third declension
- turtle dove
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | turtur | turturēs |
| Genitive | turturis | turturum |
| Dative | turturī | turturibus |
| Accusative | turturem | turturēs |
| Ablative | turture | turturibus |
| Vocative | turtur | turturēs |
Derived terms
- turturilla / turturella
Descendants
- Albanian: turtull
- Aromanian: turturã, turtureauã
- Catalan: tórtora
- English: turtle
- French: tourte, tourtre, tourterelle
- Friulian: tortorele
- German: Turtel, Turteltaube
- Italian: tortora, tortorella
- Piedmontese: tórtora
- Portuguese: turturino
- Romanian: turtură, turturea
- Spanish: tórtola
- Welsh: turtur
References
- “turtur”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “turtur”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- turtur in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- turtur in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Volapük
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin turtur (“turtle, turtledove”), of imitative origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tuɾ.ˈtuɾ]
Noun
turtur (nominative plural turturs)
- turtledove, turtle dove (bird)
Declension
declension of turtur
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | turtur | turturs |
| genitive | turtura | turturas |
| dative | turture | turtures |
| accusative | turturi | turturis |
| vocative 1 | o turtur! | o turturs! |
| predicative 2 | turturu | turturus |
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Synonyms
- turturapijun
Derived terms
- turturapijun
See also
- böd
- nim
- pijun
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin turtur.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtɨ̞rtɨ̞r/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtɪrtɪr/
Noun
turtur f (plural turturod)
- turtle dove
Derived terms
- turtur chwerthinog
- turtur dorchog
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| turtur | durtur | nhurtur | thurtur |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||