Re: Gallopavo (was: Re: fruitbats)

--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, tomhchappell <tomhchappell@Y...>
wrote:

>And how do you say, in your conlang(s), the "chicken-peacock",
>known
in English as "the Turkey" (the bird formerly known as "the >Guinea-
Fowl"), and in French as "l'Oiseau d'Inde" or "Dindon >Sauvage",and
in
Spanish as "Guajalote Norten~o"?

>(Scientific name Meleagris gallopavo silvestris or Americana
>sybestris auis)
>(Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata;  Subphylum: Vertebrata;
>Superclass: Gnathostomata;  Class: Aves;  Subclass: Neornithes;
>Superorder: Neognathae; Order: Galliformes; Family: Phasianidae;
>SubFamily: Meleagrididae; Genus: Meleagris; Species: gallopavo;
>Subspecies: silvestris)
In reality, the Spanish word for what in English is called a turkey
is
_pavo_.  _Guajalote (norteño)_ is the Mexican word for the bird. I
presume the name is of Nahuatl origin.

_Dindon_ and _dinde_ just have to have their origin in _d'Inde_.

I don't understand the confusion of turkey with guinea fowl.  They
are
two different species.

In any case, I have not yet catalogued the New World avian fauna.  I
do have the following names for the Old World gallinaceous fowl.

µortôcen = common partridge "P. Perdix" (interestingly, the Latin
word
for partridge _perdix_ (and the word "partridge" for that matter)
are
cognates of the word "fart"!

reecînen - common quail "C. coturnix"

cââµen - ring-necked pheasant "Phasianus colchicus"

cacûren - rock partridge "Alextorix graeca"

cáþcacûren - hazel grouse "Tetrastes bonasia" câton = forest

cûxren - Caucasian snowcock "Tetragallus caucasicus"

crsnëcûxren - blackgrouse "Lyrurus tetrix" crsnin = black

jegértëcûxren - rock ptarmigan "Lagopus mutus" jêgon, ice + êrton,
earth = tundra

mînen - peacock Pavo cristatus

tetêrcen - capercaille Tetrao urogallus

tetâcen - guinea fowl Numididae sp.

Charlie
http://wiki.frath.net/user:caeruleancentaur

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