turtur

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See also: Turtur and țurțur

Latin

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turtur (turtle dove)

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from the bird's coo.

Pronunciation

Noun

turtur m (genitive turturis); third declension

  1. turtle dove

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative turtur turturēs
genitive turturis turturum
dative turturī turturibus
accusative turturem turturēs
ablative turture turturibus
vocative turtur turturēs

Derived terms

Descendants

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 (“turtle² (turtledove)”), of imitative origin. (See André Cherpillod: Vortaro Volapük-Esperanto kaj Esperanto-Volapük — turtur (“cooing”) = kverado (“cooing”) from kveri (“to coo”) (p. 101) )

Pronunciation

Noun

turtur (nominative plural turturs)

  1. cooing (of a dove or pigeon)

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

Derived terms

See also

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin turtur.

Pronunciation

Noun

turtur f (plural turturod)

  1. turtle dove

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of turtur
radical soft nasal aspirate
turtur durtur nhurtur thurtur

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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