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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.pu.pa/, [ˈʊpʊpä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.pu.pa/, [ˈuːpupä]

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.