N. cugu n. “dove” (Category: Bird (other))
A word for “dove” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, derived from ᴹ✶kukūwā based on a reduplicated form of the root ᴹ√KŪ (Ety/KŪ). It replaced a deleted for cû from primitive ᴹ✶kūwā (EtyAC/KŪ).
References ✧ Ety/KŪ; EtyAC/KŪ
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| ON. kukua > cugu | [kukua] > [kukua] > [kuku] > [kugu] | ✧ Ety/KŪ |