kacabu

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Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Prefixed with kaca-. The origin of the second morpheme -bu／-bû is unclear, likely ultimately a babble word,[1] as is the prefixoid bubu- (“beetle”). Alternatively a variant of buall (“buffalo; stag beetle”), by back-formation from its plural.[2]

Noun[edit]

kacabu m (plural kacabunj, definite kacabuni)

  1. beetle
    Synonym: bubuzhel

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kacabu ~ kacabû”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 161
  2. ^ Çabej, E. (2014) Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes V: K–M, Tirana, page 5

Further reading[edit]

  • “kacabu”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • “kacabu”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
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