vopë
Albanian
editEtymology
editUltimately from Byzantine Greek βόωψ (bóōps), *βῶψ (*bôps), accusative βῶπα (bôpa). Compare Italian vopa, Greek γόπα (gópa).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editvopë f
- bogue (Boops boops)
- Synonym: tonovil
References
edit- 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