kacabu
Albanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPrefixed 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
editkacabu m (plural kacabunj, definite kacabuni)
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kacabu ~ kacabû”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 161
- ^ Çabej, E. (2014) Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes V: K–M, Tirana, page 5