Re: dhuga:ter

hoopoe, right? A kind of bird. That one I knew off the
top of my head. Although I don't know what one looks
like.
I'd guess the Kabyle form comes from North African
Romance --which supposedly disappeared c. 1500-1600.
OTOH, perhaps the word was orginally from ancient
Berber. Look at the bird's range and see if it's
present in Greece and Italy.


--- "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
wrote:

> Try Abubilla
> instead of Abibula
>
> Arnaud
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rick McCallister
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 7:53 PM
> Subject: Re: Re: Re: [tied] Re: dhuga:ter
>
>
> Where did you dredge up abibula? It's not in the
> DRAE
> and no one here in El Salvador knows of such a word.
> I
> tried with and without tilde --abibula/abíbula. If
> it's a Spanish word, it's either a loan from Latin
> or
> Arabic but it would show up in the DRAE.
>
> Arnaud wrote:
>
> Latin u:pupa (o grade)
> Spanish abibula (zero grade)
> Hesychius apopa (standard)
> Greek Epo:ps (anomic)
> Kabyle itchibib
>
>

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