kaplumbağa

Signification (Anglais)

turtle, tortoise, Testudines

Concepts

tortue

tortue terrestre

Synonymes

tosbağa

Traductions

Schildkröte

🐢

turtle

🐢

tortuga

🐢

tartaruga

🐢

tartaruga

🐢

testudo

tortoise

schildpad

tortuga

🐢

χελώνα

سلحفاة

🐢

testuggine

سُلَحْفَاة

chelys

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kapˈɫʊm.baː/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de turc ottoman: 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”).