pupăză

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See also: Pupăza and Pupăză

Romanian

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Etymology

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Compare Megleno-Romanian pupează. Most likely an imitative substratum word, akin to Albanian pupëzë, or possibly derived from a root pupă (now found only in Aromanian), of onomatopoetic origin. Other languages show similar forms, compare Latin upupa, Sardinian pubùsa, pupùsa, French huppe, etc. The first part of the word has traditionally been linked to the Latin upupa, and it has been attempted to derive the Romanian word from a Vulgar Latin *upupacea, but this is unlikely. The suffix could indicate a borrowing from the Albanian term.[1][2]

Noun

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pupăză f (plural pupeze)

  1. hoopoe
  2. garrulous person

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ pupăză in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
  2. ^ pupăză in Alexandru Ciorănescu, Dicționarul etimologic român, Tenerife: Universidad de la Laguna, 1958–66.