bъrna

bъrna Grammatical information: f. ā

Page in Trubačev: III 130

Slovene:

bŕna (Steiermark) `carnival mask depicting an animal' [f ā]

Bulgarian:

bắrna `lip' [f ā]

Macedonian:

brna `nose-ring (of animals)' [f ā]

Lithuanian:

burnà `mouth, face' [f ā] 3

Latvian:

puȓns `snout' [m o]

Comments: The root can be reconstructed as a zero grade *bʰrH-, wich may be identical with the root of Lat. forāre, OHG borōn `perforate'. For the initial p of the Latvian form, see Kiparsky 1968.

Other cognates:

Arm. beran `mouth'