turtur

See also: Turtur and țurțur

Latin

turtur (turtle dove)

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from the bird's coo.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtur.tur/, [ˈt̪ʊrt̪ʊr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtur.tur/, [ˈt̪urt̪ur]

Noun

turtur m (genitive turturis); third declension

1. 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
  • Aromanian: turtureauã
  • French: tourterelle
  • Friulian: tortorele
  • Italian: tortorella
  • Romanian: turturea
  • →? Proto-West Germanic: *turtilā (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

• 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

• “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) [1])

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tuɾ.ˈtuɾ]

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

• turturapijun (“turtle dove”)
• turturön (“to coo”)

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)

1. 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.