kacabu
Albanian
Alternative forms
- Gheg kacabû
Etymology
Compound of *kaca, a form of kac (“goat”) (cf. kedh) + *bu, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *buna, a descriptive form for 'beetle'.[1]
Noun
kacabu m (plural kacabunj, definite kacabui, definite plural kacabunjtë)
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References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kacabu”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 161