History of French [g], cf. It, Sp. "guerra" 'war'. In these examples, we notice a clear consequence of bilingualism, which frequently alters the initial syllable of the Latin. There is also the converse example, where the Latin word influences the Germanic one: "framboise" 'raspberry' from OLF "*brambasi" (cf. OHG "brāmberi" > "Brombeere" 'mulberry'; E "brambleberry"; "*basi" 'berry' cf. Got. "-basi", Dutch "bes" 'berry') conflated with LL "fraga" or OF "fraie" ‘strawberry’, which explains the shift to [f] from [b], and in turn the final "-se" of "framboise" turned "fraie" into "fraise" (≠ Occitan "fragosta" 'raspberry', Italian "fragola" 'strawberry'. Portuguese "framboesa" 'raspberry' and Spanish
Makatea fruit dove Makatea fruit dove The Makatea fruit dove ("Ptilinopus chalcurus") is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to French Polynesia island of Makatea in the Tuamotu Archipelago. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and is also present near villages. This bird is approximately 20 cm tall and has plumage of mostly green feathers with a dark purple crown and forehead, pale greenish-grey throat and chest, cloven lower chest feathers producing rows of shadows that appear as streaks, yellow underparts, tinged orange anteriorly. The bird's wing feathers are edged yellow. While it continues