upupa

See also: Upupa

English

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, like hoopoe.

Noun

upupa (plural upupas)

1. (archaic) A hoopoe.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.pu.pa/
• Rhymes: -upupa
• Hyphenation: ù‧pu‧pa

Noun

upupa f (plural upupe)

1. hoopoe

   Synonym: galletto di marzo

Latin

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare Ancient Greek ἔποψ (épops), Persian پوپو (pôpô). Compare also ulula.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈʊ.pʊ.pa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈuː.pu.pa]

Noun

upupa f (genitive upupae); first declension

1. hoopoe

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	upupa	upupae
genitive	upupae	upupārum
dative	upupae	upupīs
accusative	upupam	upupās
ablative	upupā	upupīs
vocative	upupa	upupae

Descendants

(Most terms come through diverse possible derivations):

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: bubbola, >? uppapa, upuppa, upica, →? upupa
  • Sicilian: pipituni
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Lombard: buba
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: puput
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Galician: bubela
  • Portuguese: bubela, boubela
  • Spanish: abubilla
• Borrowings:
  • → Translingual: Upupa

References

• “upupa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “upupa”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.