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From: dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter)
Subject: Re: Turkey - the bird
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Date: Sat, 11 Feb 1995 03:18:14 GMT
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In article <NEWTNews.12270.792354703.drmorris@phoenix.phoenix.net> "Donald R. Morris" <drmorris@phoenix.phoenix.net> writes:
 > Zulu: iKalikuni (pl) amaKalikuni (some 
 > dictionaries give plural iliKalikuni -
 > possible confusion as to which Noun
 > Class assigned)
 > 
 > Fanagalo: Kalukuni
 > 
 > Sotho: Kalakunu
 > 
 > Afrikaans: Kalkoen
 > 
 > Since turkey not native to southern Africa, presume indigenous
 > versions stem from Dutch/Afrikaans. 
 > 
Probably.  Now why Kalkoen in Dutch?  I just checked, it is named after
"Calcutta".  So also in Dutch the bird is named after something in India
when the bird comes from America.  But in Dutch apparently the name Calcutta
was used since Vasco da Gama for both the East and the West Indies initially.
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