abubilla

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Fala

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish abubilla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abuˈbiʎa/
  • Rhymes: -iʎa
  • Syllabification: a‧bu‧bi‧lla

Noun

abubilla f (plural abubillas)

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

Usage notes

  • Considered a Castilianism in Valverdeñu, which also uses the inherited term popa.

References

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

Spanish

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abubilla

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *upupella, diminutive of Latin upupa.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /abuˈbiʝa/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /abuˈbiʎa/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /abuˈbiʃa/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /abuˈbiʒa/

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  • Syllabification: a‧bu‧bi‧lla

Noun

abubilla f (plural abubillas)

  1. hoopoe (the bird Upupa epops)

Synonyms

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References

  1. ^ “El ave de los 100 nombres”, in National Geographic‎, 2019 August 26, archived from the original on 27 June 2022

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