vopë

Albanian

Etymology

Ultimately from Byzantine Greek βόωψ (bóōps), *βῶψ (*bôps), accusative βῶπα (bôpa). Compare Italian vopa, Greek γόπα (gópa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvopə/
• Rhymes: -opə

Noun

vopë f

1. bogue (Boops boops)

   Synonym: tonovil

References

• Dhora, Dhimitër (2008) Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë latinisht–shqip–anglisht (in Albanian), →ISBN, page 25
• γόπα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language