ბურბუ
Laz
Etymology
From *ბორბ-უ (*borb-u), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *barb-.[1][2] Cognate with Mingrelian ბურბუ (burbu, “bat”) and obsolete Georgian ბრბუნვა (brbunva, “blind groping”)[3].
Noun
ბურბუ • (burbu) (plural ბურბუეფე)
- bat (flying animal)
Further reading
- Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı; Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 12
References
- Čuxua, Merab (2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Comparative Dictionary of Kartvelian Language-Dialects] (in Georgian), Tbilisi, page 71-72
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 49
- Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716), Iordanišvili S., editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [The Wisp of Georgian Words That Beeth a Dictionary], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 53a
Mingrelian
Etymology
From *ბორბ-უ (*borb-u), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *barb-.[1][2] Cognate with Laz ბურბუ (burbu, “bat”) and obsolete Georgian ბრბუნვა (brbunva, “blind groping”)[3].
Noun
ბურბუ • (burbu) (plural ბურბუეფი)
- bat (flying animal)
- Synonyms: მესერია (meseria), ოხვამეშ ჭუკი (oxvameš č̣uḳi)
Further reading
- Kajaia, Otar (2005), “ბურბუ”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 133
References
- Čuxua, Merab (2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Comparative Dictionary of Kartvelian Language-Dialects] (in Georgian), Tbilisi, page 71-72
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 49
- Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716), Iordanišvili S., editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [The Wisp of Georgian Words That Beeth a Dictionary], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 53a