gouépa

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

gué̱pa, vepa, vouèpe (Bressan) vouipa, vuyipa (Fribourgeois) guépa (Lyonnais) vépa (Savoyard) vèspa, vepa (Valsoanin)

Etymology

Compare French guêpe.

Noun

gouépa f (plural gouépes) (ORB large)

1. wasp

Notes

⟨gou⟩ is an orthographic compromise between dialects with [ɡ] or [ɡw] and dialects with [w], [v], or [vw].

References

• guêpe in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• gouépa in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 463: “la vespa” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 672: “guêpe” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “vĕspa”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 14: U–Z, page 343