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Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/bumbur

This Proto-Nakh entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
This Proto-Nakh entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Nakh

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

*bumbur

  1. beetle

Descendants
  • Vainakh:
    • Chechen: бумбари class jj (bumbari)
    • Ingush: бумбарг class jj (bumbarg)

References
  • Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*bumba-r- (~-ū-)”
  • Mudrak, Oleg A. (2018), “*bumbor-oj”, in Caucasian loanwords in Ossetic: The semantic domains of “body parts”, “people”, page 133
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