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4-letter words (1 found)

PUPA,

3-letter words (3 found)

APP,PAP,PUP,

2-letter words (2 found)

PA,UP,

You can make 6 words from pupa according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

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pupa uppa ppua ppua uppa pupa puap upap paup apup uapp aupp ppau ppau papu appu papu appu upap puap uapp aupp paup apup

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Definitions and meaning of pupa

pupa

Translingual

Etymology

From New Latin, from Latin pūpa.

Noun

pupa

  1. Used as a specific epithet; resembling an insect in its pupal stage of development.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • Pupa

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin, from a special use of Latin pūpa. Doublet of pupe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpjuːpə/
  • Rhymes: -uːpə

Noun

pupa (plural pupas or pupae or pupæ)

  1. An insect in the development stage between larva and adult.
    Synonym: pupe

Hyponyms

  • chrysalis
  • tumbler

Translations

See also

  • caterpillar

References

  • pupa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pūpa. Doublet of pop and popi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpu.pa]
  • Hyphenation: pu‧pa

Noun

pupa (first-person possessive pupaku, second-person possessive pupamu, third-person possessive pupanya)

  1. pupa.

Further reading

  • “pupa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Noun

pupa (plural pupas)

  1. girl
    Synonym: puera
  2. doll
  3. 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)

  1. (zoology) pupa
    Synonym: criosalaid

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pupa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “pupa” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “pupa” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pūpa. Doublet of poppa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpu.pa/
  • Rhymes: -upa
  • Hyphenation: pù‧pa

Noun

pupa f (plural pupe)

  1. doll (child's toy)
  2. pupa

Latin

Alternative forms

  • puppa

Etymology

Feminine gender of pūpus.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpuː.pa/, [ˈpuːpä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpu.pa/, [ˈpuːpä]

Noun

pūpa f (genitive pūpae); first declension

  1. girl, little girl
    Synonyms: puella, puellula
  2. doll, puppet
  3. (New Latin) pupa (of an insect)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • “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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

pupa f (4th declension)

  1. bean (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

pupa m sg

  1. genitive singular of pups

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pupa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpuː.pa/

Noun

pupa f (plural pupi)

  1. 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)

  1. (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

  1. (obsolete) doll, puppet
    Synonyms: kukła, lalka, (obsolete) łątka

References

Further reading

  • pupa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • pupa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin pupa, from special use of Latin pūpa.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pu‧pa

Noun

pupa f (plural pupas)

  1. pupa (insect in its development stage between a larva and an adult)

Romanian

Etymology

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 puth (“to kiss”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /puˈpa/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: pu‧pa

Verb

a pupa (third-person singular present pupă, past participle pupat) 1st conj. (informal)

  1. (transitive or reciprocal) to kiss
    Synonym: săruta
  2. (reciprocal) to match, to coincide

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • pup
  • pupăcios

References

  • pupa in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

pupa (Cyrillic spelling пупа)

  1. 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)

  1. pupa

Etymology 2

Noun

pupa f (plural pupas)

  1. bump, especially a cold sore
  2. (childish) boo-boo (pain)

Further reading

  • “pupa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

pupa (n class, plural pupa)

  1. haste, impatience

Yoruba

Alternative forms

  • pụpa (Ekiti)

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

  1. red; that which is red

Verb

pupa

  1. to be red; to become red
    Synonyms: pọ́n, rẹ̀ dòdò
  2. to be light in color, usually in regard to skin tone

Derived terms

Usage

  • 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.

Source: wiktionary.org