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
Rapa fruit dove Rapa fruit dove The Rapa fruit dove ("Ptilinopus huttoni") is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to French Polynesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. The dove is approximately 31 centimeters tall, a medium sized pigeon. It mainly has green plumage, especially on its wings. Pale blue-green plumage is on the foreparts (head, neck, chest, upper back) shading into green of body above. It also has a yellowish-white tip of tail, not sharply demarcated with right rose crown, face and throat, and a dark rose