upupa
See also: Upupa
English
Etymology
Onomatopoeic, like hoopoe.
Noun
upupa (plural upupas)
- (archaic) A hoopoe.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈu.pu.pa/
- Rhymes: -upupa
- Hyphenation: ù‧pu‧pa
Noun
upupa f (plural upupe)
- 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
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
- Catalan: puput
- Galician: bubela
- Italian: bubbola, >? uppapa, upuppa, upica, →? upupa
- Lombard: buba
- Sicilian: pipituni
- Spanish: abubilla
- → 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.