kacabu

Albanian
Alternative forms
  • Gheg kacabû

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. beetle, stagfly
Synonyms
  • kacafik
  • kacafytem
  • kacagjel
  • kedh

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “kacabu”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 161
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