Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žuboriti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

From an unattested *žuba +‎ *-oriti, likely an expressive extension of Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-. Cognate (expect for the inflection type) with Lithuanian žiaũberoti (“to chew”).

*žuboriti impf

1. to slurp, to chew
2. to wash one's mouth, to gargle
3. (figuratively) to mumble

• *žьvati (“to chew”)
• *žuna (“buccal cavity”)
• *žuka (“buccal cavity”)

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: жу́борить (žúboritʹ), dial. жубрить (žubritʹ), жу́бреть (žúbretʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: жубо́ря (žubórja) (colloquial)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: жубо̀рити

    Latin script: žubòriti

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жуборить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жуборя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 555