gufo
See also: gufò
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian gufo, from Late Latin būfus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gufo (accusative singular gufon, plural gufoj, accusative plural gufojn)
Derived terms edit
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Vulgar Latin *gūfus, further variant of Late Latin būfus, ultimately onomatopoeic. Its probable regional (such as Faliscan or Sabellic) origin is evident in the medial -f-, which corresponds to Latin -b-. Cognate to Romanian buhă, Spanish búho, Portuguese bufo, all "eagle owl". The original ōn-stem also gave Tuscan (Lucca) bofonchio (“hornet”), Italian bofonchiare, bifonchiare (“to mutter, grumble”).
Noun edit
gufo m (plural gufi)
- owl (order Strigiformes)
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
Descendants edit
- → Esperanto: gufo
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
gufo
Further reading edit
- gufo on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it