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English
Etymology
Equivalent to turkey + hen; see turkey.
Noun
turkey-hen (plural turkey-hens)
- A female turkey.
- Coordinate term: turkeycock
Translations
female turkey
- Amuzgo:
- San Pedro Amuzgos: san
- Asturian: pava (ast)
- Catalan: polla díndia (ca) f, tita (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 母火雞/母火鸡 (mǔhuǒjī), 雌火雞/雌火鸡 (cí huǒjī)
- Dutch: kalkoenhen f, vrouwelijke kalkoen f
- Esperanto: meleagrino
- Finnish: kalkkunakana (fi)
- French: dinde (fr) f, dinde femelle f
- German: Truthenne (de) f, Pute (de) f, Trute (de) f, weibliches Truthuhn n
- Hopi: koyong.wùuti
- Hungarian: nőstény pulyka, pulyka tyúkja
- Mixe:
- Coatlán: tuuttöxy, tuuttaj (Malacatepec)
- Nahuatl:
- Classical: tōtolin, cihuātōtolin
- Guerrero: totolin
- Mecayapan: sihua̱to̱toli̱n
- Northern Puebla: lamahtotoli
- Tetelcingo: sohuatutoli̱
- Tlamacazapa: pipila
- Portuguese: perua (pt) f
- Romanian: curcă (ro) f
- Russian: инде́йка (ru) f (indéjka), индю́шка (ru) f (indjúška)
- Scottish Gaelic: cearc-Fhrangach f
- Spanish: pava (es) f, guajolota f, totola f, cócona f, güila (es) f, pípila f, cune (es) f
- Swedish: kalkonhöna c
- Totonac:
- Highland: snat
- Papantla: xasnati chahuilá
- Xicotepec de Juárez: snati
- Triqui:
- Chicahuaxtla: guni³
- Zapotec:
- San Juan Guelavía: bɨdyladx
- Yatzachi: bechjw bna, bna
- Zoogocho: bechjw bnaꞌ, bnaꞌ
- Zoque:
- Copainalá: tuꞌcmama
- Francisco León: tuꞌnuc, tuꞌnchuꞌve
- Rayón: yomgaꞌñchi
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