Proto-Basque: *biśa-r̄
Meaning: 1 a kind of small wild cat 2 marmot
Bizkaian: mixar, mixu, musar 2
Gipuzkoan: musar 2
High Navarrese: (Lezaka) musar 2
Low Navarrese: (Aldude) bisar 1
Salazarese: muxar 1
Lapurdian: musar 2
Baztanese: bisar 1
Comments: Forms with m-, mu- and -x- /š/ have been altered by expressive changes. Forms like PVSV 'cat' are widespread in the world, but in this case they could reflect an archaic SC word for 'wild cat' or 'marmot'. Note that they are found in the remote Pyrenean dialects (SAL, BZT).
