abubilla

Fala

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin upupa

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin -ellus

Latin -ella

Vulgar Latin *upupella

Spanish abubillabor.

Fala abubilla

Borrowed from Spanish abubilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abuˈbiʎa/
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Syllabification: a‧bu‧bi‧lla

Noun

abubilla f (plural abubillas)

1. (Mañegu, Valverdeñu) a hoopoe, especially a Eurasian hoopoe

   Synonyms: galu de campu (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu), popa (Valverdeñu)

Usage notes

• Considered a Castilianism in Valverdeñu, which also uses the inherited term popa.

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web), 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN, page 37

Spanish

abubilla

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *upupella, diminutive of Latin upupa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /abuˈbiʝa/ [a.β̞uˈβ̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /abuˈbiʝa/ [a.β̞uˈβ̞i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /abuˈbiʎa/ [a.β̞uˈβ̞i.ʎa] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /abuˈbiʃa/ [a.β̞uˈβ̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /abuˈbiʒa/ [a.β̞uˈβ̞i.ʒa] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /abuˈbia/ [a.β̞uˈβ̞i.a] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

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• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -iʎa (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒa (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• Rhymes: -ia (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Syllabification: a‧bu‧bi‧lla

Noun

abubilla f (plural abubillas)

1. hoopoe (the bird Upupa epops)

Synonyms

• abubute (Ávila)
• gurgute, cututa, cutut, papute, cucute, cuscut (Aragón)
• apupu, tabobo (Canary Islands)
• bubidilla (León)
• bubulilla (Burgos)
• poipa (Extremadura)

Derived terms

• abubilla africana
• abubilla euroasiática

Further reading

• “abubilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025