ბუჲ
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Old Georgian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- ბუვი (buvi)
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *b(ɣ)u-,[1] which is perhaps related to Proto-Kartvelian *ɣu-.[2] Ultimately of onomatopoeic origin, for which compare Old Armenian բու (bu), Proto-Northeast Caucasian *bŭhu (whence Chechen бухӏа (buha), Ingush бов (bov)), Latin bubo, Arabic بومة (būm) and Persian بوف (buf).
Noun[edit]
ბუჲ • (buy)
Descendants[edit]
- Georgian: ბუ (bu)
References[edit]
- ^ Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 23
- ^ Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 236
Further reading[edit]
- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ბუჲ”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)][1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 37