PROTO: *čoli
MEANING: 1 bird 2 pigeon
BZK: txori 1
GIP: txori 1, txoloma 2
ANV: txori, xori 1, txoloma 2
BNV: txori, xori 1
SAL: txori 1
LAB: xori 1, (Ainhoa) txori 1
BZT: xori 1
ZBR: txóri, xori 1
RNC: txori 1
COMMENTS: In compounds the form is *čol-, e.g. txol-arre 'sparrow' (Trask 1997; Aulestia & White 1992; not in Azkue: cf. txoarre). Trask (1995, 1997) following Michelena (1961) derives *čori from *sori 'luck, fortune' from "the common practice of foretelling the future by observing the flight of birds," a solution that seems ingenious, but misguided and fantastic, in this analysis. *čoloma 'pigeon' is a blend of *čol- + Span. paloma.
