WotD: woodpecker

[muckefuck]

1. der Specht
2. de specht
3. el carpinterito
4. el picot
5. le pic
6. taradr y coed
7. an cnagaire
8. 딱따구리
9. 啄木鳥 zhuómùniǎo

Comments

[foodpoisoningsf.livejournal.com]

Senza picchio, amico?

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Nient'altro ch'un cappone per questo po'ro gazzacchione!

[gorkabear.livejournal.com]

El pájaro carpintero :)

And I didn't know the Catalan one! Look what I found:
http://www.xtec.net/~aalas/ocells/

[itchwoot.livejournal.com]

Holzi Holzpicker :D

[pne.livejournal.com]

Is the Korean (or the first two syllables thereof, at least) onomatopoeic in origin? Something like 'ttag-ttag bird'?

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Certainly looks that way. Martin lists 딱딱 as an onomatopoeia for "with repeated bangs (crashes, cracks, thuds, smashes)". It spawns a whole family of related sound-symbolic words including 딱다그르르 and 딱다글딱다글, either of which could be the basis for 딱따구리.