uppi

== Faroese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈʊpːɪ] === Adverb === uppi up, above, on top, overhead, upstairs har uppi ― up there standa uppi ― to be afoot (past) over, used up vera uppi ― to be over == Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʏhpɪ/ Rhymes: -ʏhpɪ === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse uppi. ==== Adverb ==== uppi (comparative ofar, superlative efst) above, upstairs Antonym: niðri ===== Related terms ===== upp yppa === Etymology 2 === Based on English yuppie. ==== Noun ==== uppi m (genitive singular uppa, nominative plural uppar) yuppie ===== Declension ===== == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *uppai (“up”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌰 (iupa). === Adverb === uppi (not comparable) up ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “uppi”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.) “uppi” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “uppi”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive