turtur
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Onomatopoeic, from the bird's coo.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtur.tur/, [ˈt̪ʊrt̪ʊr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtur.tur/, [ˈt̪urt̪ur]
Noun edit
turtur m (genitive turturis); third declension
Declension edit
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 edit
- turturilla, turturella
- Aromanian: turtureauã
- French: tourterelle
- Friulian: tortorele
- Italian: tortorella
- Romanian: turturea
- →? Proto-West Germanic: *turtilā (see there for further descendants)
Descendants edit
- Aromanian: turturã
- Catalan: tórtora
- French: tourte, tourtre
- Italian: tortora
- Piedmontese: tórtora
- Portuguese: turturino
- Romanian: turtură
- Old Spanish: tórtora
- Spanish: tórtola
- → Albanian: turtull
- → Proto-West Germanic: *turtur (see there for further descendants)
- → Welsh: turtur
References edit
- “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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin turtur (“turtle² (turtledove)”), of imitative origin. (See André Cherpillod: Vortaro Volapük-Esperanto kaj Esperanto-Volapük — turtur (“cooing”) = kverado (“cooing”) from kveri (“to coo”) (p. 101) [1])
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
turtur (nominative plural turturs)
Declension edit
declension of turtur
Derived terms edit
- turturapijun (“turtle dove”)
- turturön (“to coo”)
See also edit
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtɨ̞rtɨ̞r/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtɪrtɪr/
Noun edit
turtur f (plural turturod)
Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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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. |