abubilla
Fala edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish abubilla.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
abubilla f (plural abubillas)
- (Mañegu, Valverdeñu) a hoopoe, especially a Eurasian hoopoe
- Synonyms: galu de campu (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu), popa (Valverdeñu)
Usage notes edit
- Considered a Castilianism in Valverdeñu, which also uses the inherited term popa.
References edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *upupella, diminutive of Latin upupa.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Venezuela): (file)
- Syllabification: a‧bu‧bi‧lla
Noun edit
abubilla f (plural abubillas)
- hoopoe (the bird Upupa epops)
Synonyms edit
- abubute (Ávila)
- gurgute, cututa, cutut, papute, cucute y cuscut (Aragón)
- apupu, tabobo (Canary Islands)
- bubidilla (León)
- bubulilla (Burgos)
- poipa (Extremadura)[1]
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ “El ave de los 100 nombres”, in National Geographic[1], 2019 August 26, archived from the original on 27 June 2022
Further reading edit
- “abubilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014