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

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

upupa f (genitive upupae); first declension

  1. hoopoe

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case 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
  • 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.
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