папуняк

Bulgarian

Обикновен папуняк

Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin after hoopoe's call oop-oop.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɐˈpunʲɐk]

Noun

папу́няк • (papúnjak) m (relational adjective папу́няков)

  1. hoopoe (bird of suborder Upupi, particularly Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops))
    Synonyms: (dialectal) дуду́няк (dudúnjak), (rare) вдод (vdod), (colloquial) ци́ганско пе́тле (cígansko pétle)
  2. (figurative) whipper-snapper, boastful person

Inflection

Alternative forms

  • папу́нец (papúnec) dialectal, with suffix -ец (-ec)
  • пупу́няк (pupúnjak), пупу́нец (pupúnec), пупу́ньок (pupúnjok) colloquial with duplicated пу-пу
  • пупа́вец (pupávec) dialectal

Hyponyms

Derived terms

  • папуня́свам се (papunjásvam se, to get yellow like a hoopoe)

References

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