Lexeme – Details – kovarnis

Lexeme

Transcription
kovarnis
Script
IPA
Meaning
rook
Meaning Note
Corvus frugilegus
Grammatical Data
m
Note
Compare Cr. gȁvrān, Pl. gawron < PSl. *gavornъ. Turner notes the occurrence of pejorative kā- with animal names: cf. Skt. karkṣī 'accursed she-bear', Shughni xūrn ʻ crow ʼ < *ku-warana-, Lith. kóvarnis 'raven' beside várna 'crow'.

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Sources

Source
Turner, Ralph L. (1973[1966]). A comparative dictionary of the Indo-aryan languages. 2. impr. London: Oxford U.P.
[Turner (1973)]
Source
Znanje & Srce (2006). Hrvatski jezični portal [online]. http://hjp.znanje.hr/
[HJP]
Source
Robert Farren, PIE culture words collection, 2017
[Farren (2017)]
Location
RK159
Source
Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas (2015). Lietuvių kalbos išteklių informacinė sistema. Vilnius: Lietuvių kalbos institutas: http://lkiis.lki.lt/dabartinis
[DLKŽ]

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