chough

(Anglès)

1. Either of two species of bird of the genus Pyrrhocorax in the crow family Corvidae that breed mainly in high mountains and on coastal sea cliffs of Eurasia.
2. The white-winged chough, of genus Corcorax in the Australian mud-nest builders family, Corcoracidae, that inhabits dry woodlands.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/t͡ʃʌf/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: choughe

Heretat de anglès antic: ċēo

Cognat amb escocès: kae

Cognat amb frisó occidental: ka

Cognat amb neerlandès: kauw

Cognat amb suec: kaja

In summary

From Middle English choughe, choȝe, coo, cheo, from Old English ċēo (“a bird of the genus Corvus, a jay, crow, jackdaw, chough”) and ċeahhe (“a daw”), both from Proto-West Germanic *kahu (“jackdaw, crow”), from imitative Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to crow, caw, shout”). Cognate with Scots kae (“jackdaw”), West Frisian ka (“jackdaw”), Dutch kauw (“jackdaw, daw, chough”), Swedish kaja (“jackdaw”).

Conceptes

gralla

pyrrhocorax

gralla de bec vermell

Sinònims

jackdaw

red-billed chough

Red-billed Chough

Traduccions

Alpenkrähe

crave à bec rouge

gralha

chova

pyrrhocorax

gazza

gracchio

gracchio corallino

monedula

kauw

alpenkraai

gralhon

gralha-de-bico-vermelho

grajilla

chova piquirroja