قوقوماو

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek κουκουβάγια (koukouvágia, “owl”), a word of onomatopoeic origin; compare Albanian kukuvajkë, Bulgarian кукумявка (kukumjavka), Italian coccoveggia and Romanian cucuvea.

Noun

قوقوماو • (kukumav)

  1. little owl, a species of small owl (Athene noctua)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kukumav
  • → Ubykh: кәыкәм'ав' (kʷʼəkʷʼṃaṿ)

Further reading

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