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Borean (approx.) : KVRV
Meaning : a k. of gallinacean bird
African (misc.) : Cf. Bantu *-kódị̀ 'kind of hawk', *-kùàdí 'kind of partridge'. San. kurare 'duck'.
Reference : ND 933, 1201. globet-meaning,globet-nostr,globet-afas,globet-afr,globet-reference,
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *KVwrV
Meaning: a k. of bird (gallinacean)
References: ND 933 *kor(Vw)V 'a gallinacean' (with incorr. Drav. *kod_-); 1201 *Ḳo(w)ŕE ~ *ḲUŕ(iʔ)E 'a gallinacean'. nostret-meaning,nostret-prnum,nostret-ier,nostret-alt,nostret-ura,nostret-drav,nostret-reference,
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *kAur-
Meaning: hen, pheasant
Old Indian: cakora- m. `Greek partridge, Perdix rufa'; ? kúlāla- m. `wildcock, Phasianus gallus'
Slavic: *kūrъ; *kūrɨ̄, gen. -ъve; *kū́rā
Russ. meaning: птица (кура)
References: WP I 331 f
piet-meaning,piet-ind,piet-slav,piet-rusmean,piet-refer,
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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *ki̯ure
Meaning: woodcock, woodpecker
Russian meaning: глухарь, дятел
Comments: A Western isogloss.
altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-turc,altet-mong,altet-tung,altet-reference,
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Turkic etymology :
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Proto-Turkic: *Körtük
Meaning: 1 woodcock 2 turkey 3 black-cock
Russian meaning: 1 вальдшнеп 2 индюк 3 тетерев
Tatar: kürkä 2
Khakassian: kürkü, dial. kürtkü 'black-cock', kürles (Sag.) 'grouse'
Shor: kürtük 3
Oyrat: kürtük 3, kürte 1
Chuvash: kъʷrka 2
Yakut: körčöx 'young spring duck, already able to fly'
Tuva: kürtü 3
Tofalar: hü'rtü 3
Kirghiz: kürp 2
Kazakh: kürke-tawɨq 2
Bashkir: kürkä 2
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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: *kur
Meaning: woodcock, black grouse
Russian meaning: глухарь, тетерев
Written Mongolian: qur, qoru (L 968, 987) Khalkha: xur
Buriat: xura
Kalmuck: xorǝ 'глухарь', xurǝ 'тетерев' (КРС) Comments: Mong. > Kirgh. qur etc., see ЭСТЯ 6, 155-156. monget-prnum,monget-meaning,monget-rusmean,monget-wmo,monget-hal,monget-bur,monget-kal,monget-reference,
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *kürekte
Meaning: woodpecker
Russian meaning: дятел
Evenki: kirekte
Negidal: kijekte
Literary Manchu: kurexu
Ulcha: kurekte
Orok: kurekte
Nanai: kurekte
Oroch: kijoki
Udighe: kēxi (Корм. 248), kiexi tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-neg,tunget-man,tunget-ulc,tunget-ork,tunget-nan,tunget-orc,tunget-ude,tunget-reference,
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Uralic etymology :
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Number: 452
Proto: *kErV
English meaning: a k. of woodpecker
German meaning: eine Art Specht; Picus
Saam (Lapp): kerats, keratje 'Schwarzspecht', k͕i͔.era̮t́š́ (I), kieratj (L) 'id. od. der große Buntspecht; Dendrocopus maior', kīrehč (Not.) 'ein Vogel (mit schriller Stimme)' ?
Udmurt (Votyak): ki̮r (S) 'Schwarzspecht' ?
Komi (Zyrian): ki̮r (P) 'Specht', śe̮d-ki̮r (V P) 'Schwarzspecht' ( > Khanty Kaz. kăr 'Schwarzspecht', Mansi KM kɔ̄̈rkɔ̄̈rēk, karkarēkǝ), kar 'Specht' (So.)
Khanty (Ostyak): kĕrǝm (V) 'Specht, Schwarzspecht', kĕrǝp (DN) 'Kleinspecht', (C) 'Rotspecht', kărǝp (Ni.) 'Schwarzspecht' ?
Mansi (Vogul): kǟrǝp (KU) ?
uralet-proto,uralet-prnum,uralet-meaning,uralet-germmean,uralet-saa,uralet-udm,uralet-kom,uralet-khn,uralet-man,
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Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-Dravidian : *kōẓ-i
Meaning : fowl
dravet-meaning,dravet-prnum,dravet-sdr,dravet-tel,
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South Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-South Dravidian : *kōẓ-i
Meaning : fowl
Tamil : kōẓi
Tamil meaning : gallinaceous fowl
Malayalam : kōẓi
Malayalam meaning : fowl
Kannada : kōẓi
Kannada meaning : a cock, a hen, a fowl in general
Kodagu : kōḷi
Kodagu meaning : fowl
Tulu : kōri, (B-K also) kōḷi
Tulu meaning : fowl
Number in DED : 2248
sdret-meaning,sdret-prnum,sdret-tam,sdret-tammean,sdret-mal,sdret-malmean,sdret-kan,sdret-kanmean,sdret-kod,sdret-kodmean,sdret-tul,sdret-tulmean,sdret-kt,sdret-dednum,
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Nilgiri etymology :
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Proto-Nilgiri : *kōṛĭ
Meaning : fowl
Kota : kōy
Toda : kwɨ̄ḍy
Additional forms : Also Toda kwɨ̄y (in songs; either from Kota or from Badaga kṓí) fowl
Number in DED : 2248
ktet-meaning,ktet-prnum,ktet-kota,ktet-toda,ktet-addition,ktet-dednum,
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Telugu etymology :
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Proto-Telugu : *kōḍ-i
Meaning : fowl
Telugu : kōḍi
Number in DED : 2248
telet-meaning,telet-prnum,telet-tel_1,telet-dednum,
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḳʷar-
Meaning: crow (also 'partridge; crane'?)
afaset-meaning,afaset-sem,afaset-brb,afaset-lec,afaset-hec,afaset-omo,
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 2459
Proto-Semitic: *ḳāriʔ-
Meaning: 'partridge' 1,'kind of bird' 2, 'crane' 3, 'chicken' 4, 'crow' 5, 'bee-eater' 6
Hebrew: ḳōrē(ʔ) 'partridge' [KB 1132], pB. [Ja. 1341]. In 1S 26.20 (yāṣā(ʔ) mäläk yiŝrāʔēl lǝbaḳḳēš ʔät-parʕōš ʔäḥād kaʔăšär yirdōp haḳḳōrē(ʔ) bähārīm 'ныне, да не падет кровь моя на землю вдали от лика Господнего; воистину, погнался царь Израиля за одной-единственной блохой, будто преследует он куро- патку в горах'), а также в сложном пассаже провербиального ха- рактера Jr 17.11 (ḳōrē(ʔ) dāgar wǝlō(ʔ) yālād // ʕōŝǟ ʕōšär wǝ- lō(ʔ) bǝmišpāṭ 'куропатка высиживает яйца, но не имеет потомства // [таков] накапливающий богатство без закона').
Judaic Aramaic: ḳōrēʔā 'partridge' [Ja. 1341] (also ḳōrā 'heron; young bird' [Ja. 1341], ḳwr 'a bird with a long beak' [Sok. 483]).
Arabic: ḳāriy-at-, ḳāriyy-at- 'sorte d'oiseau aux jambes courtes, au bec long et au plumage du dos vert, qui présage la pluie (aux Arabes)' [BK 2 731], [LA XV 180].
Amharic: ḳʷǝrǝyye (ḳuriyyä) 'migrating crane; large white crane with a long beak' [K 738].
Notes: Cf. a number of bird names based on the biconsonantal *ḳVr- throughout Semitic: - Arb. ḳarr- 'poulet' [BK 2 699], [LA V 84]; - Gez. ḳāḳer 'crow' [LGz. 439], Amh. ḳʷǝra (ḳura) 'crow, ra- ven' [K 718], Sel. ḳure, Wol. ḳuri, End. hēḳurä, Sod. ḳürä, Gog. Muh. Msq. kurä, Eža Cha. Gyt. End. kʷǝrä 'crow, *disobedient (?)' [LGur. 495]; - Tgr. ḳǝrḳǝr 'a bird, the so-called bee-eater' [LH 241], Tna. ḳärḳärrä 'passeraceo che ha l'istinto di guidare il cacciatore al luogo dove si trova il miele' [Bass. 292], Amh. ḳǝrḳǝrre 'a small bird about the size of the warda-dove which has chestnut plumage and a pointed beak and guides people to where wild beehives are' [K 725]. [KB 1132]: Hbr., Arb.
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Berber etymology :
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Proto-Berber: *-ḳrVw-t
Meaning: 'raven'
Ayr: a-ɣrut
brbet-prnum,brbet-meaning,brbet-ayr,
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Low East Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-Low East Cushitic: *ḳur-
Meaning: 'crow' 1, 'kite' 2
Oromo (Galla): ḳurruu 1
Baiso: ḳura (unless <Amh)
Arbore: ḳore
Notes: Lamb Wol 436
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Proto-High East Cushitic: *ḳur(an-t)-
Meaning: 'crow'
Darasa (Gedeo): ḳoraande
Hadiya (Gudella): ḳoraan-ta
Alaba: ḳura
Burji (Bambala, Dashe): ḳorʔ-an-čo
Kambatta: ḳoraan-da
Tembaro: ḳura
Notes: Sas Bur 127; Lamb Wol 436
hecet-prnum,hecet-meaning,hecet-dar,hecet-had,hecet-ala,hecet-bmb,hecet-kmb,hecet-tmb,hecet-notes,
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Omotic etymology :
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Proto-Omotic: *ḳur-
Meaning: 'crow'
Ometo: Gamu Zaysse ḳuro, Dače ḳoraa-še
Wolamo (Wolaitta): Wol ḳuuruwa
Bworo (Shinasha): aḳoḳora
Ari: ḳuraa-k
Notes: Lamb Wol 436
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