lup

See also: łup and lụp

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Lumbu with p as a placeholder.

Symbol

lup

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Lumbu.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Lumbu terms

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• lupu

Etymology

From Latin lupus, from an Osco-Umbrian language, from Proto-Italic *lukʷos, metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Compare Romanian lup.

Noun

lup m (plural luchi; feminine equivalent lupoanji / lupoanje or lupã)

1. wolf

Derived terms

• lupsã

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lupъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlup]

Noun

lup m inan

1. plunder, spoil

Declension

Declension of lup (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	lup	lupy
genitive	lupu	lupů
dative	lupu	lupům
accusative	lup	lupy
vocative	lupe	lupy
locative	lupu	lupech
instrumental	lupem	lupy

Related terms

• loupit
• lupič

Further reading

• “lup”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “lup”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “lup”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Etruscan

Romanization

lup

1. romanization of 𐌋𐌖𐌐

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

lup

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Etymology

From Dutch loep.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlup/ [ˈlʊp̚]
• Rhymes: -up
• Syllabification: lup

Noun

lup (plural lup-lup)

1. (optics) synonym of kaca pembesar (“magnifying glass”)

Further reading

• “lup”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Istro-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin lupus, from an Osco-Umbrian language, from Proto-Italic *lukʷos, metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lup]

Noun

lup m (plural lupi, definite singular lupu)

1. wolf

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin lupus.

Noun

lup m

1. wolf

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlup/
• Rhymes: -up
• Syllabification: lup
• Homophone: lub

Noun

lup f

1. genitive plural of lupa

Romanian

Alternative forms

• луп (lup) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lupus, from an Osco-Umbrian language, from Proto-Italic *lukʷos, metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Doublet of lupus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlup/

• Audio (male voice):

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• Audio (female voice):

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• Rhymes: -up
• Hyphenation: lup

Noun

lup m (plural lupi)

1. wolf

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	lup	lupul		lupi	lupii
genitive-dative	lup	lupului		lupi	lupilor
vocative	lupule			lupilor

Related terms

• lupan
• lupare
• lupărie
• lupei
• lupesc
• lupoaică
• lupoaie

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lupus (lupus > lup; cf. French: loup, Italian: lupo, Esperanto: lupo).

Noun

lup (nominative plural lups)

1. wolf (family Canidae)

Declension

Declension of lup

	singular	plural
nominative	lup	lups
genitive	lupa	lupas
dative	lupe	lupes
accusative	lupi	lupis
vocative 1	o lup!	o lups!
predicative 2	lupu	lupus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Synonyms

• ludog (older term, now obsolete)

Hypernyms

• follögaf
• nim
• sügaf, süganim

Hyponyms

• hilup (“he-wolf”)
• jilup (“she-wolf”)
• lelup
• lupil
• lupül (“wolf cub”)

Derived terms

• lupadog
• lupik
• lupiknibaträp

See also

• ber (“bear”)
• dog (“dog”)
• kat (“cat”)