vabole

== Latvian == === Alternative forms === (dialectal forms) vabols, vabolis, vabule, vabuls, vabulis, vabala, vabale, vabals, vabele === Etymology === From Proto-Baltic *web-, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to move here and there, to wave, to teem”). Cognates include Lithuanian vãbalas, vãbuolas (“insect”), vãbolė, vabolė̃ (“dung beetle”), Russian dialectal ве́блица (véblica, “intestinal worm”), Old High German wibil, Old Saxon *wivil (“beetle”), English weevil (“beetle sp.”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [vabùolɛ] === Noun === vabole f (5th declension) beetle (any of many insect species (order: Coleoptera) with two hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings) gaļēdājas, visēdājas vaboles ― carnivorous, omnivorous beetles brūnā vabole ― brown beetle dārzu vabole ― garden beetle biešu vabole ― beet beetle ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== mēslvabole, mēslu vabole ==== See also ==== mārīte === References ===