babbu
Babbu，（& °ka） Epic [Sk．babhruka a kind of ichneumon; Vedic babhru brown，cp．Lat．fiber=beaver，further connection “bear，＂ see Walde，Lat．Wtb．s．v．fiber] a cat J．I，480 （=biḷāra C．）=DhA．II，152．Babbhara [onomat．，cp．Sk．balbalā-karoti to stammer or stutter，barbara=Gr．baρbaros stuttering，people of an unknown tongue，balbūtha Np．“stammerer＂; also Lat．balbas，Ger．plappern，E．blab; babbhara is a redupl．formation fr．*bhara-bhara=barbara，cp．J．P．T．S．1889，209; Geiger，P．Gr．§ 20] imitation of a confused rumbling noise M．I，128．-- Cp．also P．mammana and sarasara．（Page 482）