kalkun
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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
Declension of kalkun
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kalkun | kalkunen | kalkuner | kalkunerne |
| genitive | kalkuns | kalkunens | kalkuners | kalkunernes |
Estonian
Etymology
From Middle Low German kalkun.
Noun
kalkun (genitive kalkuni, partitive kalkunit)
- turkey (bird)
- turkey (meat of this bird)
Declension
| Declension of kalkun (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kalkun | kalkunid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | kalkuni | ||
| genitive | 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
Noun
kalkun f (genitive singular kalkunar, plural kalkunir)
Declension
| 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.
Pronunciation
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Noun
kalkun
- turkey (bird) (Meleagris gallopavo)
- Synonyms: ayam belanda, ayam kalkun
Further reading
- “kalkun” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
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
Noun
kalkun m (definite singular kalkunen, indefinite plural kalkunar, definite plural kalkunane)
- a turkey (large bird)
References
- “kalkun” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.