ბუ

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Georgian

ბუ

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Georgian ბუვი (buvi), ბუ (bu), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Georgian-Zan *b(ɣ)u-. Cognates include Laz ბღუ (bğu).

Pronunciation

Noun

ბუ (bu) (plural ბუები)

  1. owl

Inflection

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Old Georgian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Georgian-Zan *b(ɣ)u-. Ultimately of onomatopoeic origin.[1][2] Compare also Old Armenian բու (bu), Latin bubo, Arabic بومة and Persian بوف.

Noun

ბუ (bu)

  1. owl

Descendants

  • Georgian: ბუ (bu)

References

  1. ^ Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 23
  2. ^ Online database of Kartvelian reconstructions, by Sergei Starostin