bubu-

Albanian

Etymology

Ultimately ostensibly a babble word. Compare kacabu (“cockroach”) and bubë (“silkworm”).

Prefix

bubu-

  1. bug; beetle
    buburezë (“ladybug”)
    buburrec (“bug”)
    bubuzhel (“dung beetle”)
    bubuzhingë (“goldsmith beetle”)
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