боьхалла

Chechen

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *bHexol. Cognates include Ingush бӏе̄хал (bˀeexal). By surface analysis, бо̄ьха (bööxa) +‎ -алла (-alla).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbyːø̯xalːa/

Noun

бо̄ьхалла • (bööxalla) class ?

  1. (figuratively) snake
    Synonym: лаьхьа class bd (läḥʳa, “snake”)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Noun

бо̄ьхалла • (bööxalla) class ?

  1. filth

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

  • Matsiev, Akhmat G. (1961), Чеченско-русский словарь / Нохчийн-оьрсийн словарь [Chechen-Russian dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: State Publishing House of Foreign and Ethnicity Dictionaries, page 68
  • Nichols, Johanna; Vagapov, Arbi (2004), “боьхалла”, in Chechen–English and English–Chechen Dictionary, London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, page 62a
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