kalkoentjien.

Brit.

/kalˈkuːᵻŋki/,

/kalˈkuːᵻntʃi/,

/kalˈkəʊᵻŋki/,

/kalˈkəʊᵻntʃi/, U.S.

/ˌkælˈkoʊəŋki/,

/ˌkælˈkoʊəntʃi/, South African English

/kʌlˈkʊɪŋki/

Forms: Also kalkoentje, †calcoon.

Etymology: < Afrikaans kalkoentjie, < kalkoen turkey + -tjie, diminutive suffix.

South African.

1. Any of several African pipits of the genus Macronyx; esp. the Cape longclaw, Macronyx capensis, which has a distinctive red throat and yellow breast.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Motacillidae > member of genus Macronyx

kalkoentjie1835

sentry lark1869

1835 T. H. Bowker Jrnl. 11 June in Voorloper (1976) 448 Shot three Calcoons this morning.

1867 E. L. Layard Birds S. Afr. 120 Macronyx Capensis... Kalkoentje of Colonists, lit. Little Turkey... This handsome lark is common throughout all the open country.

1936 E. L. Gill First Guide S. Afr. Birds 78 Cape Longclaw, kalkoentjie, cutthroat lark... A well-known bird; the name Kalkoentjie (little turkey) presumably referring to its red throat.

1937 M. Alston Wanderings of Bird-Lover in Afr. i. 21 Mouse-birds I saw too, and Cape bulbuls, and several ‘Kalkoentjes’ or orange-throated long-claws..rose up from the grass as I walked along, and besides, there were chats and warblers.

2. Any of various plants of the family Iridaceae with flowers resembling a turkey's wattles, esp. the gladiolus Gladiolus alatus, native to the Cape, which bears brick-red and yellow flowers.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > iris and related flowers > gladioli or freesia

gladiolec1420

corn-flag1578

corn-sedge1597

lily-grass1597

sword-grass1598

petty gladdon1601

sword-lily1786

Afrikaner1801

freesia1879

kalkoentjie1906

painted lady1906

Afrikander1913

glad1923

1906 B. Stoneman Plants S. Afr. xix. 198 Gladiolus... Painted Ladies and ‘Kalkoentjes’ belong here. Eighty-one species of this large genus are found in South Africa.

1949 Cape Times 13 Sept. 14/2 A colleague who drove to his farm..on Sunday reports seeing fields of gousblom, baby blue flax, lemon and mauve cineraria, lachenalias, blue bobbejantjies, kalkoentjies, scarlet sundew and other veld flowers.

1971 Cape Times 28 Aug. 1/7 The display of cinerarias, forget-me-nots, daisies, vygies, gousblomme and kalkoentjies would not be a mass of colour till mid-September.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kalkoentjie
释义	kalkoentjien. Brit. /kalˈkuːᵻŋki/, /kalˈkuːᵻntʃi/, /kalˈkəʊᵻŋki/, /kalˈkəʊᵻntʃi/, U.S. /ˌkælˈkoʊəŋki/, /ˌkælˈkoʊəntʃi/, South African English /kʌlˈkʊɪŋki/ Forms: Also kalkoentje, †calcoon. Etymology: < Afrikaans kalkoentjie, < kalkoen turkey + -tjie, diminutive suffix. South African. 1. Any of several African pipits of the genus Macronyx; esp. the Cape longclaw, Macronyx capensis, which has a distinctive red throat and yellow breast. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Motacillidae > member of genus Macronyx kalkoentjie1835 sentry lark1869 1835 T. H. Bowker Jrnl. 11 June in Voorloper (1976) 448 Shot three Calcoons this morning. 1867 E. L. Layard Birds S. Afr. 120 Macronyx Capensis... Kalkoentje of Colonists, lit. Little Turkey... This handsome lark is common throughout all the open country. 1936 E. L. Gill First Guide S. Afr. Birds 78 Cape Longclaw, kalkoentjie, cutthroat lark... A well-known bird; the name Kalkoentjie (little turkey) presumably referring to its red throat. 1937 M. Alston Wanderings of Bird-Lover in Afr. i. 21 Mouse-birds I saw too, and Cape bulbuls, and several ‘Kalkoentjes’ or orange-throated long-claws..rose up from the grass as I walked along, and besides, there were chats and warblers. 2. Any of various plants of the family Iridaceae with flowers resembling a turkey's wattles, esp. the gladiolus Gladiolus alatus, native to the Cape, which bears brick-red and yellow flowers. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > iris and related flowers > gladioli or freesia gladiolec1420 corn-flag1578 corn-sedge1597 lily-grass1597 sword-grass1598 petty gladdon1601 sword-lily1786 Afrikaner1801 freesia1879 kalkoentjie1906 painted lady1906 Afrikander1913 glad1923 1906 B. Stoneman Plants S. Afr. xix. 198 Gladiolus... Painted Ladies and ‘Kalkoentjes’ belong here. Eighty-one species of this large genus are found in South Africa. 1949 Cape Times 13 Sept. 14/2 A colleague who drove to his farm..on Sunday reports seeing fields of gousblom, baby blue flax, lemon and mauve cineraria, lachenalias, blue bobbejantjies, kalkoentjies, scarlet sundew and other veld flowers. 1971 Cape Times 28 Aug. 1/7 The display of cinerarias, forget-me-nots, daisies, vygies, gousblomme and kalkoentjies would not be a mass of colour till mid-September. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1835
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