See also: Popa, pöpa, popã, and popă

Asturian

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin puppis (stern), possibly with influence from prora (prow).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpopa/, [ˈpo.pa]
  • Rhymes: -opa
  • Hyphenation: po‧pa

Noun

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popa f (plural popes)

  1. stern, poop
    Synonym: proba

Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin puppis (stern), possibly with influence from prora (prow).

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Noun

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popa f (plural popes)

  1. stern, poop
    Antonym: proa
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Latin puppa, variant of pūpa (girl).

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Noun

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popa f (plural popes)

  1. (colloquial, Lleida) boob, titty

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Romanian popa and/or Russian поп (pop).

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  1. (Eastern Orthodoxy) pope (any Russian Orthodox priest)

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Fala

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpopa/
  • Rhymes: -opa
  • Syllabification: po‧pa

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin upupa.

Noun

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popa f (plural popas)

  1. (Valverdeñu) a hoopoe, especially a Eurasian hoopoe
    Synonyms: galu de campu (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu), abubilla (Mañegu, Valverdeñu)

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese popa, from Vulgar Latin *puppa.

Noun

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popa f (plural popas)

  1. stern, poop

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  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

French

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Verb

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popa

  1. third-person singular past historic of poper

Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese popa, from Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin puppis (stern), possibly with influence from prora (prow).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpopa/ [ˈpo.pɐ]
  • Rhymes: -opa
  • Hyphenation: po‧pa

Noun

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popa f (plural popas)

  1. stern, poop
    Antonym: proa

Guaraní

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Numeral

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popa

  1. fifty

Latin

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Noun

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popa m (genitive popae); first declension

  1. A priest's assistant (at a sacrifice)

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative popa popae
Genitive popae popārum
Dative popae popīs
Accusative popam popās
Ablative popā popīs
Vocative popa popae

Noun

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popa f (genitive popae); first declension

  1. A woman who sold animals for sacrifice

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative popa popae
Genitive popae popārum
Dative popae popīs
Accusative popam popās
Ablative popā popīs
Vocative popa popae

Descendants

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  • Portuguese: popa

References

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  • popa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • popa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • popa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • popa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • popa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • popa”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Occitan

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Etymology

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From Old Occitan popa, from Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin puppis (stern), possibly with influence from prora (prow).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpu.pɒ/
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Noun

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popa f (plural popas)

  1. (nautical) stern, poop

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese popa, from Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin puppis (stern), possibly with influence from prora (prow).

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popa f (plural popas)

  1. (nautical) stern, poop
    Antonym: proa

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish popa, from Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin puppis (stern), possibly with influence from prora (prow).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpopa/ [ˈpo.pa]
  • Rhymes: -opa
  • Syllabification: po‧pa

Noun

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popa f (plural popas)

  1. stern (back of a boat or ship)
    Antonym: proa

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