abubilla

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)‎^[2], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Spanish

abubilla

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /abuˈbiʝa/ [a.β̞uˈβ̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /abuˈbiʝa/ [a.β̞uˈβ̞i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /abuˈbiʎa/ [a.β̞uˈβ̞i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /abuˈbiʃa/ [a.β̞uˈβ̞i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /abuˈbiʒa/ [a.β̞uˈβ̞i.ʒa]

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• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Rhymes: -iʃa
• Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: a‧bu‧bi‧lla

Noun

abubilla f (plural abubillas)

1. hoopoe (the bird Upupa epops)

Synonyms

• abubute (Ávila)
• gurgute, cututa, cutut, papute, cucute y cuscut (Aragón)
• apupu, tabobo (Canary Islands)
• bubidilla (León)
• bubulilla (Burgos)
• poipa (Extremadura)

Derived terms

• abubilla africana
• abubilla euroasiática

 

Further reading

• “abubilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28