pupa

== Translingual == === Etymology === From New Latin, from Latin pūpa. === Noun === pupa Used as a specific epithet; resembling an insect in its pupal stage of development. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Pupa == English == === Etymology === Borrowed from New Latin, from a special use of Latin pūpa (“little girl; doll, puppet”). Doublet of pupe; compare also puppet, puppy. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpjuːpə/ Rhymes: -uːpə Hyphenation: pu‧pa === Noun === pupa (plural pupae or pupas or (archaic) pupæ) (entomology) An insect in the development stage between larva and adult. Synonym: pupe ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === === References === pupa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Cebuano == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish popa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpupa/ [ˈpu.pɐ] Hyphenation: pu‧pa === Noun === púpa (Badlit spelling ᜉᜓᜉ) (nautical) the stern; the rear part of a ship or vessel Synonym: ulin Antonyms: dulong, prowa ==== Related terms ==== == Indonesian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin pūpa. Doublet of pop and popi === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈpu.pa] Hyphenation: pu‧pa === Noun === pupa (plural pupa-pupa) pupa === Further reading === “pupa”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Interlingua == === Noun === pupa (plural pupas) girl Synonym: puera doll pupa (of an insect) == Irish == === Etymology === Borrowed from New Latin, from a special use of Latin pūpa. === Noun === pupa m (genitive singular pupa, nominative plural pupaí) (zoology) pupa Synonym: criosalaid ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “pupa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “pupa”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “pupa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 == Italian == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin pūpa. Doublet of poppa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpu.pa/ Rhymes: -upa Hyphenation: pù‧pa === Noun === pupa f (plural pupe) doll (child's toy) pupa (regional) female equivalent of pupo (“child”) == Latin == === Alternative forms === puppa === Etymology === By surface analysis, the feminine gender form of pūpus. However, De Vaan considers the feminine form as original; see pūpus for more. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpuː.pa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpuː.pa] === Noun === pūpa f (genitive pūpae); first declension girl, little girl Synonyms: puella, puellula doll, puppet (New Latin) pupa (of an insect) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “pupa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “pupa”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “pupa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “pupa”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin == Latvian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈpupːa] === Etymology 1 === Considered to be of sound-symbolic origin. Compare Lithuanian pupa. ==== Noun ==== pupa f (4th declension) bean melnās pupas ― black beans ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== pupa m sg genitive singular of pups == Lithuanian == === Etymology === Cognate with Latvian pupa (“bean”), from a sound-symbolic root Baltic root (see also Latvian paupt (“to swell”)) of seemingly similar formation logic to Proto-Slavic *bòbъ (“bean”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === pupà f (plural pùpos) stress pattern 2 bean, legume ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === == Maltese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian pupa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpuː.pa/ Rhymes: -uːpa === Noun === pupa f (plural pupi) doll (child's toy) ==== Related terms ==== == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpu.pa/ Rhymes: -upa Syllabification: pu‧pa === Etymology 1 === Uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from German Popo. According to Pokorny, cognate with Latin puppis (possibly) and Ancient Greek πύματος (púmatos, “the last”), from a common Proto-Indo-European *pu (“turned away”) << *h₂epó (“away, off”). ==== Noun ==== pupa f (diminutive pupcia or pupka) (anatomy, euphemistic, somewhat childish) bum, rear, buttocks Synonyms: dupa, pośladki, siedzenie, tyłek, zadek ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Learned borrowing from Latin pūpa. ==== Noun ==== pupa f (obsolete or dialectal, Central Greater Poland, Kalisz Voivodeship) doll, puppet Synonyms: kukła, lalka, (obsolete) łątka === References === === Further reading === “pupa”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “pupa”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish) Hieronim Łopaciński (1892), “pupa”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego)”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 240 == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from New Latin pupa, from special use of Latin pūpa. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: pu‧pa === Noun === pupa f (plural pupas) pupa (insect in its development stage between a larva and an adult) === Further reading === “pupa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “pupa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology 1 === From a Vulgar Latin *puppāre, from puppa (“breast, teat, nipple”), from Latin pūpa; or perhaps formed from a hypothetical, now lost noun *pupă in early Romanian, from this Latin word. Compare Italian poppare (“to suckle”), poppa (“boob, breast”), Catalan and Occitan popar (“to suckle”), popa (“boob, breast”). Less likely from or linked to pup (“bud”). Cognate with Albanian puth (“to kiss”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /puˈpa/ Rhymes: -a Hyphenation: pu‧pa ==== Verb ==== a pupa (third-person singular present pupă, past participle pupat, third-person subjunctive pupe) 1st conjugation (transitive or reciprocal, informal) to kiss Synonym: (literary or formal) săruta (reciprocal, figurative, colloquial) to match, to coincide, make for a good fit (transitive, chiefly in the negative, figurative, colloquial) to obtain or stay in possession of something desired ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== pupa în bot pupa în cur pupăcios === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈpu.pa/ Rhymes: -upa Hyphenation: pu‧pa ==== Noun ==== pupa definite nominative/accusative singular of pupă (“stern”) === Etymology 3 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈpu.pa/ Rhymes: -upa Hyphenation: pu‧pa ==== Noun ==== pupa definite nominative/accusative singular of pupă (“pupa”) === References === “pupa”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 == Serbo-Croatian == === Noun === pupa (Cyrillic spelling пупа) genitive singular of pup == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpupa/ [ˈpu.pa] Rhymes: -upa Syllabification: pu‧pa === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from New Latin pupa, from special use of Latin pūpa. ==== Noun ==== pupa f (plural pupas) pupa === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== pupa f (plural pupas) bump, especially a cold sore (childish, countable, sometimes without an article) boo-boo (small injury) === Further reading === “pupa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swahili == === Pronunciation === === Noun === pupa class IX (plural pupa class X) haste, impatience == Yoruba == === Etymology === Compare with Ifè kpikpa, probably from a reduplication of pa (“to be red”), which follows the general pattern of the other basic color roots, which involve a duplication of monosyllabic verbs. See dúdú (“black”), a reduplication of dú (“to be dark”) and funfun, a reduplication of fun (“to be white”). Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *-kpa Perhaps related to Fon kpákpá (“a tree with red wood”), proposed by Westerman to be derived from Proto-Volta-Congo *pia === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /k͡pū.k͡pā/ === Noun === pupa red; that which is red ==== Synonyms ==== === Verb === pupa to be red; to become red Synonyms: pọ́n, rẹ̀ dòdò to be light in color, usually in regard to skin tone ==== Usage notes ==== As one of the three basic colors of Yoruba, the others being dúdú, funfun, the color "pupa" serves as a general class for many bright or warm colors including yellow, orange, and pink. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ====