Review article

MAIZE TERMINOLOGY IN CROATIAN DIALECTS

Franjo Šatović ; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska

Abstract

The paper gives a review on terminology concerning maize (Zea mays L.) in a number of American and European languages. The theories about the origin of the Croatian word for maize (kukuruz) have been discussed. The results of the survey of agricultural, ethnographic, dialectological and lexicological literature and of a questionnaire on maize terminology among agronomy students (1976-1991) from different Croatian regions have been presented including 15 principal terms concerning maize.

Keywords

terminology; maize (Zea mays L.)

Hrčak ID:

168237

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/168237

Publication date:

24.7.1998.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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