kookaburra

English

WOTD – 31 December 2011

A kookaburra

From Wiradhuri guuguubarra, of onomatopoeic origin.

kookaburra (plural kookaburras)

Any of several species of kingfishers in the genus Dacelo, known for their laugh-like call.

kingfishers

Italian: kookaburra m
Japanese: ワライカワセミ (warai kawasemi), 笑翡翠 (わらいかわせみ, warai kawasemi), 笑い翡翠 (わらいかわせみ, warai kawasemi)
Korean: 쿠카부라 (kukabura)
Norwegian: kokaburra
Ossetian: кукабаррæ (kukabarræ)
Panyjima: nhithinypa
Persian: کوکابورا‎ (kokâburâ)
Polish: kukabura (pl) f
Portuguese: kookaburra f, cucaburra f
Punjabi: ਕੂਕਾਬਰਾ (kūkābrā)
Russian: кукаба́ра f (kukabára), кукаба́рра (ru) f (kukabárra), кукабу́рра f (kukabúrra), гига́нтский зиморо́док m (gigántskij zimoródok)
Slovak: kukabara f
Spanish: cucaburra f
Swedish: kookaburra c, kokaburra c
Tagalog: kukabura
Tamil: கூக்கபரா (kūkkaparā)
Translingual: Dacelo f
Welsh: cwcabyra m
Western Panjabi: کوکابرا‎
Wiradhuri: guuguubarra, guguburra

Dixon, R. M. W., Bruce Moore, W. S. Ramson, Mandy Thomas (2006) Australian Aboriginal Words in English: Their Origin and Meaning, 2nd ed. edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 86

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