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Malayalam word for turkey

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Joseph G Davis

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May 8, 1994, 6:28:00 PM5/8/94
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Could any netter help me with the Malayalam word for turkey (bird)?

Thanks,

-Joseph Davis

Saptho Nair

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May 8, 1994, 10:03:11 PM5/8/94
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I guess, in my place turkey is called "Kulgam".
ie; pronounced Ka_L_Gam.
I don't know if this is just a dialect.

Bye the way, out of curiosity, why do you want to know this?

I have a cousin whos laughter sounds like the
chuckling of a turkey.
We used to make fun of her, behind her
back. That's how I came to know this word.

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Vinay Cherian

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May 9, 1994, 7:52:54 AM5/9/94
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Turkey is called "Kalkkam" at least in the Mavelikkara side.

vinay

Rajan Nair

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May 9, 1994, 9:57:42 AM5/9/94
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> Turkey is called "Kalkkam" at least in the Mavelikkara side.

In some places they are also known as thurki kOzhi

Anil Das

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May 9, 1994, 2:46:04 PM5/9/94
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In article <CpJAC...@nrtpa22.bnr.ca>, che...@b4pphf4.bnr.ca (Vinay Cherian) writes:
|> Turkey is called "Kalkkam" at least in the Mavelikkara side.

We used to call it `Wan Kozhi'. Probably a Trivandrum name.

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Mareena Yesudas

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May 9, 1994, 5:05:18 PM5/9/94
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In article <2qjp1g$n...@ccu2.auckland.ac.nz>,

Joseph G Davis <jda...@ccu1.auckland.ac.nz> wrote:
>Could any netter help me with the Malayalam word for turkey (bird)?

I have heard two names for it in Kerala, 'turkey kozhi' and
'khalkki kozhi'.

regards,
Bindu.

Joseph G Davis

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May 11, 1994, 1:34:38 AM5/11/94
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Thanks for the postings and mail messages in response to my query. The correct
word is either kalgam or kulakkozhi or may be both.

I was interested in knowing this while responding to a story in the
Guardian/Observer weekly that traces the origin of turkey bird . It
suggested that the bird originated in South America and was first
known to the ("western") world after the second trip of Columbus when he
brought back a sample. But the report has several discrepancies
including the reference to Vasco da Gama landing in Calcutta.

To the French, turkey is bird from India and in Swedish it is
kalkhon,

-Joseph Davis

Ziad S. Haddad

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May 11, 1994, 12:46:56 PM5/11/94
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What does kulak (as in kulak kozhi) mean ?
It is interesting that many languages attribute wildly different
origins to this bird ... in addition to India (in French) as
mentioned before, in Arabic it can be called Ethiopian rooster (that
is the common name in Lebanon at least, "deek habash"), and in
Portuguese it is called Peru.

Rajesh John

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May 13, 1994, 1:46:43 PM5/13/94
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It is definitely not kulakozhi. Kulakozhi is a small bird which can fly.
I have heard turkey being called as Kalgham.

ptero

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May 14, 1994, 11:43:49 AM5/14/94
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If I remember right the "kulakkozhi" is a small black bird which hangs
around near the ponds. Not really black..more of an ash color. Has a white
belly. Its a pretty timid bird and scoots off if it sees anyone. I havent
heard of this name being used for a turkey.
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