ḍhukum

Dumi

FWOTD – 3 January 2017

Etymology

Borrowed from Nepali ढुकुर (ḍhukura) (itself onomatopoeia of the bird's call), with the ending reformed to use the Dumi noun suffix -m.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɖɦukum/

Noun

ḍhukum

1. the red turtle dove, Streptopelia tranquebarica

References

• George van Driem, A Grammar of Dumi