upupa

See also: Upupa

English

Noun

upupa (plural upupas)

1. (archaic) The hoopoe.

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Italian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin

Noun

upupa f (plural upupe)

1. hoopoe

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) 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

• Galician: bubela
• Spanish: abubilla

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.