English
kalkoentjie
Kalkoentjie comes from Afrikaans kalkoentjie ‘diminutive of kalkoen’.
- Afrikaansmodernkalkoentjie‘diminutive of kalkoen’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Afrikaansmodernkalkoentjie‘diminutive of kalkoen’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Afrikaans kalkoentjie
Today it means
noun Any of several African pipits of the genus Macronyx.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Afrikaans kalkoentjie / kalkoentjie