kaplumbağa

Betekenis (Engels)

turtle, tortoise, Testudines

Sinonieme

tosbağa

Vertalings

tortue

Schildkröte

🐢

turtle

🐢

tortuga

🐢

tartaruga

🐢

tartaruga

🐢

testudo

tortoise

schildpad

tortuga

🐢

χελώνα

سلحفاة

🐢

سُلَحْفَاة

testuggine

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/kapˈɫʊm.baː/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Ottoman Turkish: قاپلومبغه

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قاپلومبغه (kaplumbağa), with the epenthesis of /m/ from earlier قاپلو بغه (kaplu bağa, literally “shield-toad”). By surface analysis, kaplı (“covered”) + bağa (“toad”).