The meaning of Bankiva (1 Viewer)

[Jim LeNomenclatoriste]

Clap bonjour !

I don't really understand the meaning of the name Bankiva in Gallus gallus bankiva. The key says this:

Javan names Ayam Bankiva, Bengkiwo and Bekikko for the Red Junglefowl (subsp. Gallus gallus).

But is Bankiva (or Ayam Bankiva) the name of the species in the origin language of its country (a name in apposition) or is it an adjective?

Thanks 🙂

 

[Xenospiza]

It must be a noun.

ENCYCLOPEDIE VAN NEDERLANDSCH INDIË (Mr. Dr. J. Paulus) mentions:

Ajam or ayam. Commonly used name for fowl: Ajam-oetan (forest chicken), Ajam-rimbo or Ajam-alas, also called Bengkiwo, Bekikko or Brooga, is the Gallus bankiva or ferrugineus, that is found on many islands, also on the Indian mainland and commonly held to be the ancestor of our cultivated chickens. The Sundanese call it Kasintoe, on Sulawesi it is called Mano-ohoeia.

(AJAM of AYAM. Algemeen gebruikte naam voor Hoenders: Ajam-oetan (Boschkip), Ajam-rimbo of Ajam-alas, ook Bengkiwo, Bekikko en Brooga genoemd, is de Gallus bankiva of ferrugineus, die op vele eilanden gevonden wordt, ook op het Indische vasteland en algemeen gehouden voor den stamvorm van onze tamme hoenders. De Soendaneezen noemen hem Kasintoe, op Celebes heet hy Mano-ohoeia).

 

[Jim LeNomenclatoriste]

also called Bengkiwo

Bankiva could be an alteration of the name Bengkiwo, because the spellings are very similar?

Also, I thought it was a demonym

 

[Xenospiza]

Temminck used "Bankiva" as a noun in his description

t.2 (1813) - Histoire naturelle generale des pigeons et des gallinaces - Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Page 87: Dans l'ordre naturel, l'espèce du Bankiva doit occuper le second rang, ...

[...] les habitants de l'intérieur les désignent par le nom de Ayam Bankiva, dénomination que nous avons cru devoir conserver, parcequ'il exprime probablement dans cette langue quelque habitude, ou quelque particularité, propre à l' espèce; [...]; un seul caractère éloigne le Bankiva de celles-ci [...]

It looks like he assumed "Bankiva" to be the name of the chicken (ayam), which fits the other descriptions which leave out "ayam" altogether.

 

[Xenospiza]

Bengkiwo/Bekikko:

https://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/019/01/0013-0015.pdf

v.13 (1822) - Transactions of the Linnean Society of London - Biodiversity Heritage Library (page 185, just mentions the names).

 

[mb1848]

Robinson and Kloss say Horsefield says Bengkivo is the East Javanese name for the bird.
Page 13.
Records of the Indian Museum .

 

[Jim LeNomenclatoriste]

Thank you both for clarification

 

[Xenospiza]

Robinson and Kloss say Horsefield says Bengkivo is the East Javanese name for the bird.
Page 13.
Records of the Indian Museum .

But if you look at the source (see my posting above), the location is not mentioned, just that it is called like that on Java!