[Lexicog] Turkey

[Nick Miller]

Thanks for the big response on turkey. Lots of "talking turkey" going on
there (another phrase to ponder). For my part I can just state that the word
for "turkey" in Czech is "kruta" (hen) and "krocan" (cock), the former
derived from German vernacular "Grutte", the latter being onomatopoeically
based on the former.   
In Slovak it's "morka" (hen) and "moriak" (cock). "morka" is supposed to be
based on its call "mor-mor", the latter again probably a 'male version' of
the former. I can't say I know its call, only the gobbling sound, hence the
English expression "gobbler".

Nick Miller




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