kacabu

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • (Gheg): kacabû

Etymology

Compound of *kaca-, a form of kac (“goat”) (cf. kec) + *-bu, from Proto-Albanian *buna, a descriptive form for 'beetle'.[1]

Noun

kacabu m (indefinite plural kacabunj, definite singular kacabuni, definite plural kacabunjtë)

  1. (entomology) beetle

Synonyms
  • kacafik
  • kacafytem
  • kacagjel
  • kedh

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 161
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